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Vocabulary #5

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flout   to mock, treat with contempt  
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caueat   a warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding or discourage behavior  
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blazon   to aborn or embellish; to display conspicuously; to publish or proclaim widely  
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flich   to steal, especially in a sneaky way in petty amounts  
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fractious   tending to be troublesome; unruly, quarrelsome, contrary; unpredictable  
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equitable   fair, just, embodying prinicples of justice  
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autonomy   self-government, political control  
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addendum   an addition or supplement designed to increase correctness, completness, or currency  
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amnesty   a general pardon for an offense against a government; in general, any act of forgiveness  
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axionmatic   self-evident, expressing a universally accepted principle or rule  
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soporific   tending to cause sleep, relating to sleepiness or lethargy; something that induces sleep  
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scathing   bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm  
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unwieldy   not easily carried, handled, or managed because of size or complexity  
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vapid   dull, uninteresting, tiresome; lacking in sharpness, flavor, liveliness, or force  
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prognosticate   to predict, especially on the basis of present indications or signs, foretoken  
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sepulchrat   funereal, typical of the tomb; extremely gloomy or dismal  
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salutary   beneficial, helpful; healthy, wholesome  
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straitlaced   extremely strict in regard to moral standards and conduct; prudish, puritanical  
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scourage   to whip, punish severely; a cause of affliction or suffering; a source of severe punishment or criticism  
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extricate   to free from entanglements or difficulties; remove with effort  
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precept   a rule of conduct or action  
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transient   lasting only a short time, fleeting; one who stays only a short time  
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