1-25 Flashcards
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Suppliant
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one praying humbly for something
2
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Venerable
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impressive by reason of age
3
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Obdurate
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showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings
4
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welter-verb-toss
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roll or rise and fall in an uncontrolled way
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Blight
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a state or condition being devastated
6
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Beseech
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to ask for or request earnestly; implore
7
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sluggard
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an idle slothful person
8
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extirpate
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to destroy completely, as if down to the roots
9
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expiation
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the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing
10
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suborn
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incite to commit a crime or an evil deed
11
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teeming
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abundantly filled with especially living things
12
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adjure
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ask for or request earnestly
13
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taciturnity
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the trait of being uncommunicative
14
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flout
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-v-treat with contemptuous disregard
15
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stint
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-n-supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
