Vocabulary Flashcards

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biopsy

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The removal and examination of tissue, cells, or fluids from the living body

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demise

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Death; a cessation of existence

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insatiable

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Incapable of being satisfied

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aphorisms

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A concise statement of a principle

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humility

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Freedom from pride or arrogance

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deferments

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The act of delaying or postponing

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lamented

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Mourned for

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alienation

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A withdrawing or separation of a person or a person's affections from an object or position of former attachment

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atrophied

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Having wasted away or decreased in size (as from disease or disuse)

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cynical

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Contemptuously distrustful of human nature and motives