#2 Flashcards

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Pining

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suffer a mental and physical decline, especially because of a broken heart

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ineffable

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too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words

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3
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Fervor

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intense and passionate feeling

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4
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Lamentable

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(of circumstances or conditions) deplorably bad or unsatisfactory.

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5
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Aphorism

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a pithy observation that contains a general truth.

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Abhor

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View something with disgust or hatred.

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7
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Asunder

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apart: divided

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8
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Licentious

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Promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual manners.

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9
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Contrivance

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the use of skill to bring something about or create something

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Metamorphosis

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a change of the form or nature of a thing or person into a completely different one, by natural or supernatural means.

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11
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Abbot

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a man who is the head of an abbey of monks.

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12
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Proselytes

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noun a person who has converted from one opinion, religion, or party to another.

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Appellation

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the action of giving a name to a person or thing.

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14
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Litigious

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unreasonably prone to go to law to settle disputes.

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Magistrate

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a civil officer or lay judge who administers the law, especially one who conducts a court that deals with minor offenses and holds preliminary hearings for more serious ones.

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Reconcile

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restore friendly relations between

17
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Subsistence

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the action or fact of maintaining or supporting oneself at a minimum level.

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Contemporaries

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a person or thing living or existing at the same time as another.

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Disseminated

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having spread throughout an organ or the body.

20
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Penury

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(Noun) Extreme poverty; destitution