all vocab Flashcards by meow meow | Brainscape

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abomination

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something detestable; something despised

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abrogration

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abolishment; annulment

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abyss

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nothingness; point of no return

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adamant

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unyielding; inflexible

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ameliorate

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to make better or more tolerable

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anarchy

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lawlessness

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antagonistic

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hostile

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anteroom

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“before room”, foyer

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apparitions

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ghosts; visions

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arbitrate

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decide

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ascertain

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determine

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atomization

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reduction to small particles

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autocratic

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absolute

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base

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low; vulgar

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befuddled

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confused; muddled

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beguile

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to deceive

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blanched

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paled

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blatantly

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in an offensive obvious manner

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callously

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cruelly

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calumny

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false charges calculated to damage another’s reputation

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canny

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clever; shrewd

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confirm

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verify

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congeries

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collection

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contempt

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disdain

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contention

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point advanced in a debate; also rivalry

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contiguous

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next to; adjacent

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corroborating

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agreeing with and supporting

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cosmology

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theory of the natural order of the universe

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covenanted

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pledged

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crazed

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crazy; idiotic

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dallied

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lingered; dawdled

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darkling

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dark

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defamation

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damaging another’s reputation

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deference

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the respect due to an elder or superior

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defiled

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dirtied; fouled

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denounce

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to publicly pronounce something evil; to accuse

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deposition

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testimony under oath

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diametrically

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extremely; opposing

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dionysian

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frenzied; festive and wild

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discomfits

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embarrassing; thwarts

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dissembling

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putting on a false appearance; concealing something

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ecclesiasts

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clergymen

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effrontery

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shameless; boldness

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excommunication

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exclusion from the church or community

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falter

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hesitate

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fetishes

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objects believed to have magical power

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formidable

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massive; considerable

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gaunt

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excessively thin

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gibbet

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gallows

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idealology

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system of beliefs

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immaculate

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pure