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AFA Flashcards

1
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Destiny

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events that will most likely happen to a person or thing in the future

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Anxiety

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feeling worried or nervousy

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Somber

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Gloomy

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Prosperous

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Successful

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Attribute

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regard something as being as being cause by someone or something

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Assailant

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Person who attacks another

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Prestige

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Respect for someone or something

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Quavering

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Tremble when speaking

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Resolve

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Way to settle a situation

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Wrath

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Extreme anger

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Fiasco

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Something that goes wrong

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Blithe

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Showing cheerful indifference

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Tumult

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Loud, confused noise made by a group of people

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Perplex

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To confuse

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Admonition

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authoritative counsel or warning

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Allusion

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Expression to call something to mind without stating it directly

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17
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Rebuke

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Express disapproval, to take back

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18
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Baleful

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Harmful, menacing

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Pompous

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Self-important

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Exhilarating

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To make someone feel very happy

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Curt

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Rudely brief

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Wistfully

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Feeling regretful

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Astute

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having ability to accurately assess situation and turn it to one’s advantage

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Tacit

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Understood without being stated

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Plaintive

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Sounding sad or mournful

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Quagmire

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Soft boggy area that gives way underfoot

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Ominous

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Giving the impression that something bad will happen

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Raucous

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Making a disturbingly loud and harsh noise

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Fervent

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Having or displaying a passionate intensity

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Chagrin

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Embarrassed at being failed or been humiliated

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Zeal

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Great energy towards a cause or objective

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Plaudits

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Praise

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Sundry

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Various kinds

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Inept

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Having or showing no skill

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Plummet

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To drop down or fail at a high speed

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Tenacity

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The fact of being able to grip something tightly

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Travail

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Painful and laborious effort

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Fret

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Constantly worrying

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Staunch

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Loyal and committed attitude

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Reiterate

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Repeat

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Remourse

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Deep regret for something wrong

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Arrogant

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Having an exaggerated sense of one’s own appearence

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Incoherent

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Expressed in a confusing manner

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Jubilation

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Feeling of great happiness

45
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Annals

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Record of events year by year

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Belated

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Happening later than planned

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Affront

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An action that causes outrage or defense

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Lament

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Passionate expression of grief

49
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Serenity

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State of being calm and peaceful

50
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Assuage

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Make less intense

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