Vocab 15
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| alchemy | medieval chemistry concerned with finding a way to change base metals into gold and a single cure for all diseases; magic or magic power
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| baksheesh | gift of money; tip; gratuity
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| bellicose | inclined to fight or quarrel; pugnacious; warlike
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| carp | find fault unreasonably; complain in a petty, nagging way
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| collation | light meal
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| cull | select; pick out; choose
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| demur | object; take exception
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| desuetude | condition of no longer being used; disuse
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| divert | amuse; entertain; give pleasure to
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| dun | make repeated, insistent demands for payment
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| empirical | relying solely on observation or experience
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| equivocate | be deliberately ambiguous; use misleading terms so as not to commit oneself
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| hypothetical | based on or involving a hypothesis (supposition); conjectural
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| imprimatur | authorization; sanction; approval
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| ingenuous | innocent and simple; artless; naïve
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| mendacious | lying; untrue; deceitful
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| panegyric | formal speech or piece of writing in high praise of a person or thing; eulogy; tribute
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| preen | dress oneself carefully or smartly; fuss in dressing; primp
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| pusillanimous | lacking in courage; cowardly; timid
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| quagmire | wet, boggy ground that gives way underfoot; difficult situation
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| rue | feel remorse for; wish undone; regret
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| taciturn | habitually disinclined to talk; silent; uncommunicative
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