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#5 Syd Flashcards

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Hue

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Color or shade of a color

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Desolate

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Lacking things that make people feel welcome in a place

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Sentinel

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Soldier or guard who’s job is to stand and keep watch

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Commodity

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Something that is bought or sold

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Feigned

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Not real or fake

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Appease

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To bring to a state of peace and quiet

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Loathsome

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Causing feelings of hatred or disgust

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Deliverance

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The state of being saved from something dangerous or unpleasant

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Incense

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Extremely angry or upset; pleasing scent

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Ascribe

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To refer to a suppose source, cause, or author

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Melancholy

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Sad mood or feeling

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Singular

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No more than one thing

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Propitious

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Likely to have or produce good results

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Surmise

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Thought or and idea based on evidence

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Aversion

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Strong feeling of not liking something

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Epistle

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Formal or elegant letter

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Vindication

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Act of showing that someone is not guilty

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Dispensation

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Act of dealing out portions

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Solicitous

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Showing concern or care for someone’s health or happiness

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Countenance

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Appearance of a persons face

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ruminating

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Thinking clearly and deeply about something

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Acquiescing

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Tending to accept or allow what other people want or demand

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Lethargy

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Lack of energy or interest in doing things

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Emancipate

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To free someone else’s control or power

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Precept

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Rule that says how people should behave

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Kindred

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Persons relatives

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Allurement

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To attract with something desirable

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Despotic

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Ruler who has total power and uses it in a cruel way

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Servile

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Very obedient and trying too hard to please someone

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Subsistence

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Amount of food, money, etc that is needed to stay alive

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