Chapter 4&6 Flashcards by Hannah Abney | Brainscape

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Atrocities

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An extremely cruel act

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Sublimation

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To express feeling by changing desire

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Solicitously

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Anxious or concerned

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Perplexing

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Completely baffled

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Disgruntled

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Angry or dissatisfied

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Beatified

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To glorify

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Clandestine

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Keep secretive

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Ideology

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System

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Prefect

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Chief officer

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Indignant

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Feeling or showing anger

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Immutable

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Unchanging

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Keratin

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What your hair and nails are made of

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Genteel

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Polite or refined

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Sustenance

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Things that keep you alive(food or water)

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Enervated

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Drained or weakened

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Strenuous

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Requiring strength

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Morose

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Bad temper or depressed

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Taciturn

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Saying little

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Adjourn

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Stop something to resume later

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Descant

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A melody

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Grandeur

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Splendor

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Disinter

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To discover

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Metamorphosis

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Change of form

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Vanquished

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Defeat thoroughly

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Puritanical

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Practicing moral behavior

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Stoically

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Impassive

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Benevolent

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Kindly or well meaning

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Frivolous

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Of no purpose or value

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Homily

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A sermon

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Masochistic

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Pleasure in pain

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Propitious

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Chance of success

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Ambiguous

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Not being clear

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Egalitarian

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Equality to all

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Conifers

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Evergreen trees

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Ominous

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Threatening

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Precocious

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Mature

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Vigilance

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Careful watch

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Diffidence

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To be difficult

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Temerity

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Reckless

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Gallantly

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Brave

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Aghast

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Struck with amazement

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Inconspicuous

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Not clearly visible

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Consternation

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Feelings of anxiety

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Centripetal

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Moving toward the center

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Prowess

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Skilled at a certain activity

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Efface

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Erase from a surface

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Retorted

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To respond in an angry way

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Nepotistic

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Favoritism based on family

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Banalities

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Unoriginal

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Nebulous

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Indistinct

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Undulating

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To move smoothly

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Stentorian

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A loud and powerful voice

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Tangential

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Hardly touching something

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Insipidity

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Dull or flat

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Solace

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To comfort

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Tempestuous

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Conflicting emotion