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100 Words To Make You Sound Great

Affinity. NounA natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship.An inherent similarity between persons or things.. ?Undoubtedly ... there is a meanness in all the arts which ladies sometimes condescend to employ for captivation. What bears affinity to cunning is despicable," (Jane Austen, Pride

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100 Words To Make You Sound Great

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    1. 100 Words To Make You Sound Great Semester Two Vocabulary Week 23 Words

    2. Affinity “Undoubtedly ... there is a meanness in all the arts which ladies sometimes condescend to employ for captivation. What bears affinity to cunning is despicable,” (Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, 1813).

    3. Busybody Noun A person who meddles or pries into the affairs of others.

    4. Dissipate Verb To drive away. Disperse. To spend, use, or engage in intemperately or foolishly.

    5. Gloat

    6. Inure Verb To habituate a person to something undesirable, especially by prolonged subjection. Accustom or train.

    7. Modus Operandi Noun Latin A method of operating or functioning. Mode or way of doing something.

    8. Perpetuate Verb To cause to continue indefinitely. Make perpetual or keep going.

    9. Rankle Verb To cause persistent irritation or resentment.

    10. Surreptitious Adjective Obtained or done by stealthy means. Secret or clandestine.

    11. Velleity vuh-lee-i-tee Noun A modest wish. An inclination.

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