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Puritan and Enlightenment Vocab
Puritan and Enlightenment Vocab
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11th Grade
09/20/2015
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Copious
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Plentiful, Abundant
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Avarice
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Greed for riches
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Pacify
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Calm, Sooth
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Pestilential
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Likely to cause disease
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Improvident
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Short sighted
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Loathsome
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Hateful, Detestable
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Pilfer
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Steal
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Palisades
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Large pointed stakes set in ground for fence
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Conceits
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Strange or fanciful ideas
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Mollified
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Soothed; Calmed
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Peril
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Danger
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Loath
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Reluctant; Unwilling
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Sundry
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Various; Different
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Omnipotent
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All powerful
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Ineffable
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Inexpressible; Unable to be spoken
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Dolorous
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Sad; Mournful
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Recompense
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Reward; Repayment
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Manifold
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In many ways
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Arduous
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Difficult
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Vigilance
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Watchfulness
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Disposition
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Inclination or tendency
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Foppery
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Foolishness
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Felicity
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Happiness; Bliss
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Squander
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Spend or use wastefully
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Impious
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Lacking reference for God
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Infidel
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Person who holds no religious beliefs
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Placid
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Tranquil, calm, quiet
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Scepter
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Rod or staff help by rulers as a symbol of sovereignty
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Celestial
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Of the Heavens
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Refulgent
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Radiant; Shining
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Propitious
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Favorable inclined or disposed
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Refluent
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Flowing back
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Pensive
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Thinking deeply or seriously
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Insidious
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Secretly treacherous
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Subjugation
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The act of conquering
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Infallibility
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Inability to be wrong; reliability
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Salutary
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Beneficial; Promoting a good purpose
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Unanimity
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Complete agreement
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Posterity
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All succeeding generations
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Manifest
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Evident; Obvious; Clear
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Extricate
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Set free
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Asylum
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Place of refuge
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Penury
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Lack of money, property, or necessities
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Despotic
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Harsh; Cruel; Unjust
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Subsistence
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Means of support
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