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3. Juicy, Descriptive Words Flashcards

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Antagonism

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Noun: active hostility or opposition

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Distraught

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Adjective: deeply upset and agitated

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Refugee

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Noun: A person who leaves their home to escape life-threatening danger

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Vice

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Noun: bad habit

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Limber

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Adjective: Flexible

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Timid

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Adjective: showing a lack of courage or confidence; easily frightened

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Commemorate

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Verb: to recall and show respect for someone or something

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Critic

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Noun: A person who expresses an unfavorable opinion of someone

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Morality

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Noun: A system of values and beliefs about right and wrong behavior

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digest

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Verb: To break down and take in

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Convenient

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Adj.: Involving little trouble or effort

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enticing

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Adjective: Attractive or tempting

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poverty

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Noun: The state of being extremely poor

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significance

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Noun: The meaning to be found in words or events; importance

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Dispute

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Verb - To argue about or question

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Frail

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Adj.: Weak and fragile or delicate

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Deride

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Verb: To express contempt for

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Tattered

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Adj.: Old and torn; in poor condition

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shun

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Verb – to avoid, ignore, or reject

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slay

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Verb - to kill violently

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wrath

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Noun – extreme anger

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famished

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Adj. – extremely hungry

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lure

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Verb – to tempt to do something, especially with a reward

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avenge

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Verb – to inflict harm in return for an injury or wrong done

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waft

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Verb – to pass gently through the air

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yearn

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Verb – to intensely desire something lost or out of reach

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stoke

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Verb – to add fuel to a fire; to encourage or incite

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lurk

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Verb – to wait in hiding for an evil purpose

Core ELA Vocab (4 decks)

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