Chap 1-8 Flashcards by Jordan McGee | Brainscape

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Lurid

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Vivid in color

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Annihilate

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Completely destroy

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Insructable

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Impossible to understand

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Repugnance

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Intense disgust

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Exhortation

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An address emphatically urging someone to do something

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Talisman

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Object thought to being good luck

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Mutability

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Tendency to change

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Caprice

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Sudden change in mood

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Inexplicable

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Unable to be explained

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Perverse

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Showing deliberate desire to act unacceptably

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Malicious

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Intending to do harm

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Constrained

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Compel or force

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Evoked

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Bring to mind

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Reviled

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Criticize in an angry manner

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Inviolable

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Never to be broken

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Impelled

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Drive, force, or urge

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Imperatively

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Vital importance

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Behest

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Persons order or command

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Transgression

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Misdeed

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Imbibe

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Drink especially alcohol

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Adduced

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Cite as evidence

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Apprehension

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Anxiety or fear that something bad will happen

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Ponderous

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Slow and clumsy

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Pertains

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Appropriate, related, or applicable

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Edifice

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Large, imposing building

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Inauspicious

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Not conducive to success

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Indubitably

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Undoubtedly

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Venerable

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Accorded a great deal of respect

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Iniquity

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Immoral behavior

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Ignominious

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Deserving or causing public disgrace

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Haughty

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Arrogantly superior

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Inferred

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Deduce or conclude

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Disdainful

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Showing contempt

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Remonstrance

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Forcefully reproachful protest

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Visage

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Persons face

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Manifest

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Clear or obvious

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Imperceptible

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Not noticeable

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Sagacity

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Shrewd

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Eminent

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Famous and respected

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Tremulous

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Shaking or quivering

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Effectual

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Successful

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Pervaded

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Spread through

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Amenable

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Open and responsive

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Demeanor

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Outward behavior

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Intimated

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Imply or hint

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Peremptory

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Insisting on immediate attention

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Efficacy

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Ability to produce desired result

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Feigned

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Pretend