Vocab 14 Flashcards

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Noun : complete honesty

E.g. Her …… and integrity are beyond question.

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Probity

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Noun : the condition of being unable to think clearly, usually because someone is extremely tired or bored, or has taken drugs

Because of the drugs, he was in a state of ………. by the time we found him.

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Stupefaction

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Verb : to control and limit something

The country’s progress was …….. by a leader who refused to look forward.

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Constrained

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Noun : an area where a network of nerves, blood, or lymph vessels comes together.

the solar ……..

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Plexus

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Noun: an image, produced by very hot air, of something that seems to be far away but does not really exist

literary
a hope or wish that has no chance of being achieved

E.g. Electoral victory is just a distant …..

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Mirage

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Adjective: decayed and having an unpleasant smell:
the…….. body of a dead fox
What’s that ……. smell?

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Putrid

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Noun: the shape of a bone, a shell, or a plant or animal that has been preserved in rock for a very long period

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Fossil

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