Ch3 and 4 vocab Flashcards

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secret, hidden, veiled, sneaky, covered

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covert

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well-spoken, fluent, expressive

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articulate

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hopelessly, miserably, wretchedly

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abjectly

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lawbreaker, delinquent, crook

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culprit

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clamor, commotion, noisy confusion

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bedlam

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joy, rapture, bliss, extreme delight

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ecstasy

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raider, looter, thief

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marauder

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sly, skillful, shrewd, deceitful

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cunning

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urged, impelled, prodded, spurred

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goaded

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doubtfully, suspiciously, undecidedly

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dubiously

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prone, flat, supine, humbled

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prostrate

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answer, response, reply, comeback

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rejoinder

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crime, offense, transgression

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misdemeanor

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dilemma, difficulty, predicament

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plight

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to fall or hurl down, plunge suddenly

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precipitate

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Speed, haste, rapidity

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Celerity

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obeyed, followed, healed

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complied

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messenger, express, bearer, runner

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courier

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dreamed, longed for, aimed, yearned

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aspired

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flooded, swamped, overflowed

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deluged

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boring, dull, dreary, colorless

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monotonous

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surpassed, topped, did very well

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excel

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moved, replaced, transferred

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displaced

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sadly, gloomily, dismally

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lugubriously

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flopped, flailed, fell short

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floundered

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hard-hearted, unyielding, firm

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obdurate

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unity, oneness, togetherness

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solidarity

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rebellious, undisciplined, wild

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unruly

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flexibility, buoyancy, toughness

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resiliency

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powerful, strong, effective

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potent