A Modest Proposal Vocab

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Melancholy (1.1)

a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause.

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Rags (1.2)

a piece of old cloth, especially one torn from a larger piece, used typically for cleaning things.

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Importuning (1.2)

persistent harassment of someone for or to do something.

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Passenger (1.2)

a traveler on a public or private conveyance other than the driver, pilot, or crew.

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Alms (1.2)

(in historical contexts) money or food given to poor people.

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Livelihood (1.4)

a means of securing the necessities of life.

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Stroling (archaic spelling of strolling) (1.5)

walk in a leisurely way.

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Sustenance (1.5)

food and drink regarded as a source of strength; nourishment.

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Prodigious (2.1)

remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree.

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Deplorable (2.2)

deserving strong condemnation, shockingly bad in quality.

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Grievance (2.3)

a real or imagined wrong or other cause for complaint or protest, especially unfair treatment.

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Commonwealth (2.5)

an independent country or community, especially a democratic republic.

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Confined (3.1)

(of a space) restricted in area or volume; cramped.

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Professed (3.1)

(of a quality, feeling, or belief) claimed or asserted openly but often falsely.

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Extent (3.2)

the area covered by something.

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Projectors (4.2)

an object that is used to project rays of light, especially an apparatus with a system of lenses for projecting slides or film onto a screen.

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Computation (4.3)

the action of mathematical calculation.

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Dam (4.3)

a barrier constructed to hold back water and raise its level, forming a reservoir used to generate electricity or as a water supply.

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Nourishment (4.4)

the food or other substances necessary for growth, health, and good condition.

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Occupation (4.5)

a job or profession.

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Propose (4.6)

put forward (an idea or plan) for consideration or discussion by others.

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Parish (4.7)

(in the Christian Church) a small administrative district typically having its own church and a priest or pastor, a territorial division corresponding to a county in other states.

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Raiment (4.8)

clothing

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Reckoned (6.1)

establish by counting or calculation; calculate.

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Maintain (6.3)

cause or enable (a condition or state of affairs) to continue.

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Apprehend (6.4)

cause or enable (a condition or state of affairs) to continue, understand or perceive.

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Distresses (6.4)

cause (someone) anxiety, sorrow, or pain.

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Reared (6.8)

bring up and care for (a child) until they are fully grown, especially in a particular manner or place

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Hitherto (6.10)

until now or until the point in time under discussion.

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Handicraft (6.10)

a particular skill of making decorative objects by hand.

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Cultivate (6.11)

refined and well educated.

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Seldom (6.11)

not often; rarely.

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Towardly (6.12)

pleasant, affable.

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Rudiments (6.13)

the first principles of (a subject).

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Probationers (6.14)

a person who is serving a probationary or trial period in a job or position to which they are newly appointed.

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Principal (6.14)

first in order of importance; main.

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Protested (6.15)

express an objection to what someone has said or done.

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Instances (6.15)

an example or single occurrence of something.

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Renowned (6.16)

known or talked about by many people; famous.

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Proficiency (6.16)

a high degree of competence or skill; expertise.

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Assured (7.1)

confident

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Saleable (7.1)

fit or able to be sold

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Commodity (7.2)

a raw material or primary agricultural product that can be bought and sold, such as copper or coffee

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Yield (7.2)

produce or provide (a natural, agricultural, or industrial product), give way to arguments, demands, or pressure.

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Exchange (7.3)

an act of giving one thing and receiving another (especially of the same type or value) in return.

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Nutriments (7.4)

nourishment, sustenance

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Liable (8.1)

responsible by law; legally answerable, likely to do or to be something.

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Objection (8.2)

an expression or feeling of disapproval or opposition; a reason for disagreeing.

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Acquaintance (9.1)

a person's knowledge or experience of something, a person one knows slightly, but who is not a close friend.

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Fricasee (archaic spelling of fricassee) (9.4)

a stew made with pieces of meat that have been browned in butter then served in a sauce flavored with the cooking stock.

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Ragoust (9.4)

a highly seasoned stew of meat or fish, with or without vegetables.

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Computed (10.2)

determined by calculation; reckon; calculate.

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Reserved (10.2)

kept or set apart for some particular use or purpose.

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Swine (10.3)

any stout, cloven-hoofed artiodactyl of the Old World family Suidae, having a thick hide sparsely covered with coarse hair, a disklike snout, and an often short, tasseled tail: now of worldwide distribution and hunted or raised for its meat and other products. Compare hog, pig, wild boar.

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Plentifully (10.7)

yielding abundantly.

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Render (10.8)

to cause to be or become; make.

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Fore (10.9)

situated at or toward the front, as compared with something else.

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Hind (10.9)

situated in the rear or at the back; posterior.

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Tolerably (11.2)

in an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner.

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Encreaseth (archaic for encreases) (11.2)

obsolete or archaic form of increase.

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Devoured (12.2)

swallowed or ate up hungrily, voraciously, or ravenously.

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Title (12.2)

the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.

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Grave (13.1)

an excavation made in the earth in which to bury a dead body.

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Eminent (12.2)

high in station, rank, or repute; prominent; distinguished.

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Prolifick (archaic spelling of prolific) (13.3)

producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful.

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Lent (13.4)

simple past tense and past participle of lend.

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Glutted (13.5)

to feed or fill to excess; cloy.

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Popish/Papist (13.5/7)

of, relating to, or characteristic of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Collateral (13.6)

property or other assets pledged by a borrower as security for the repayment of a loan.

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Annum (14.2)

year.

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Repine (14.3)

to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.

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Carcass (14.3)

the dead body of an animal.

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Particular (14.5)

of or relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general.

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Neat (14.6)

in a pleasingly orderly and clean condition.

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Thrifty (15.1)

practicing thrift or economical management; frugal.

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Flay (15.1)

peel the skin off (a corpse or carcass).

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Admirable (15.2)

arousing or deserving respect and approval.

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Shambles (16.1)

a state of total disorder.

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Virtues (17.1)

behavior showing high moral standards.

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Discoursing (17.2)

speak or write authoritatively about a topic.

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Refinement (17.2)

the process of removing impurities or unwanted elements from a substance.

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Conceived (17.3)

form or devise (a plan or idea) in the mind.

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Venison (17.4)

meat from a deer

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Disposed (of)

(17.6)- inclined or willing

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Deference (17.7)

humble submission and respect.

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Disagreeable (17.10)

not pleasant or enjoyable.

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Improbable (17.13)

not likely to be true or to happen

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Scrupulous (17.13)

(of a person or process) diligent, thorough, and extremely attentive to details.

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Apt (17.13)

appropriate or suitable in the circumstances.

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Censure (17.13)

strong or vehement expression of disapproval.

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Expedient (18.1)

tending to promote some proposed or desired object; fit or suitable for the purpose; proper under the circumstances.

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Prime (18.1)

of the first importance; demanding the fullest consideration.

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Dainty (18.2)

of delicate beauty; exquisite.

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Groat (18.9)

a silver coin of England, equal to four pennies, issued from 1279 to 1662.

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Desponding (19.1)

to be depressed by loss of hope, confidence, or courage.

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Maimed (19.2)

partly or wholly deprived of the use of some part of the body by wounding or the like.

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Incumbrance (19.3)

a thing that impedes or is burdensome; hindrance.

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Vermin (19.5)

noxious, objectionable, or disgusting animals collectively, especially those of small size that appear commonly and are difficult to control, as flies, lice, bedbugs, cockroaches, mice, and rats.

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Digressed (20.1)

to deviate or wander away from the main topic or purpose in speaking or writing; depart from the principal line of argument, plot, study, etc.

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Design (21.3)

to prepare the preliminary sketch or the plans for (a work to be executed), especially to plan the form and structure of

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