ch 11-20 Flashcards

1
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Parry

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Fend off / ward off

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2
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Providence

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Protective care of God for spiritual power

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3
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Incessantly

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Constant w/o interruption

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4
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Abstinence

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When you restrain yourself from something

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5
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Aperture

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Opening or hole

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6
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Ashlar

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Rectangle of stone for facing walls

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7
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Benevolence

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Well meaning and kind

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8
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Blasphemies

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When you take lords name in vain/offense

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9
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Conjuring

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Summon by magic or supernatural power

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10
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Extricated

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When you free someone or something from a difficulty

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11
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Fervently

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Great feeling or enthusiasm

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12
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Friable

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Easily crumbled

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13
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Gleaned

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Gather slowly

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14
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Incurred

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To come into or acquire

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15
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Paroxysm

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Violent action or emotion

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16
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Repose

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Being at rest

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17
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Sepulchral

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Serving as a tomb

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18
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Unremittingly

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Not stopping , constant

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19
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Assimilation

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Absorbing information

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20
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Cataleptic

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Physical condition

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21
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Despotic

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Rulers that rely on brutal force

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22
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Hitherto

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Beforehand

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23
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Ignoramus

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Ignorant or stupid reason

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24
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Inert

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Lack of ability to move

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25
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Infamy

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Being known for something bad

26
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Jocular

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Humorous or playful

27
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Laborious

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Task that requires a lot of time and effort

28
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Pensiveness

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Revealing thoughtfulness

29
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Principality

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State ruled by a prince

30
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Prodigious

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Extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, etc

31
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Tantamount

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Equivalent in seriousness

32
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Assiduous

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Constant

33
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Bequeath

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To dispose of or hand down

34
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Breviary

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Book of daily prayers and readings

35
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Compunction

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Remorse for doing something wrong

36
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Render

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Provide or to do

37
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Scrupulous

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Someone extremely attentive to detail or someone concerned of doing something wrong

38
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Articulate

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Being able to speak fluently and expressive

39
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Expatiate

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Speak or write at length or detail

40
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Phial

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A vial (container made of glass)

41
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Propitious

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Indicating good chance of success

42
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Ardent

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Enthusiastic or passionate

43
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Extremities

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Furthest point or limit of something

44
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Incalculable

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Too great to be calculated or estimated

45
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Precarious

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Not held securely

46
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Tempestuous

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Full of strong emotion

47
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Unhampered

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To interfere with

48
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Dissimulation

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When one conceals the truth

49
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Excise

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Tax on certain goods

50
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Extricated

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Free from difficulty

51
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Misanthropy

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Dislike of humankind

52
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Stoutly

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Thick, fat

53
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Stratagems

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Plan or scheme

54
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Torpid

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Mentally/physically inactive

55
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Parasitical

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Relating to or parasite disease

56
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Fain

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With pleasure gladly

57
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Intrinsic

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Belonging naturally

58
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Interstices

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Small space that lies between things

59
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Mephitic

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Foul smelling

60
Q

Enumeration

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Complete list of all items in a collection