"a modest proposal" vocab

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sustenance

food or money to support life

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2

dam

mother (used only of animals)

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3

per annum

Latin for “by the year”; annually

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4

procure

to obtain; get

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5

brevity

being brief

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6

factions

political groups that work against interest of other groups/main body of govt.

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7

animosity

hostilities; violent hatreds or resentments

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8

glutted

overfilled

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9

deference

respect

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10

censure

to condemn; disapproval

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11

scrupulous

extremely careful and precise in deciding what is right or wrong

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12

vermin

pests such as lice, fleas, bedbugs and often rodents

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13

tithes

monetary gifts to the church equivalent to one tenth of each donor income

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14

expident

convenient means to an end

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15

digressed

wandered off the subject

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16

raiment

clothing

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17

flay

remove the skin of

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18

parsimonious

thriftiness, stingy; economy

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