10 words Flashcards by Brendan Shamas | Brainscape

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Devise

A

invent; plan; plot

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Improvise

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to make, invert, or arrange out what is at hand

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Taut

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tightly drawn; no slack

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Commenced

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began; initiated; started

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annulled

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obliterated; neutralized

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dispersed

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scattered

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desperately

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hopelessly; despondently

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carcass

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a dead body; a corpse

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perils

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Risks; dangers

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pilgrimage

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a journey to a shrine or place

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