Chapters 7-12 (21-40) Flashcards
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Purge
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To cleanse or purify, to clean or wipe out
1
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Furtive
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Sly, shifty, done in secret
2
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Cradle
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To hold protectively
3
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Drone
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A dull continued low sound
4
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Sufficiency
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Enough of something, an adequate amount
5
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Reek
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A strong unpleasant smell
6
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Balk
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to stop short and suddenly refuse to go
7
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Derision
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Ridicule, mockery
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Somber
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Gloomy, depressing or dismal
9
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Goad
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To prick or drive, prod or insight
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Tremulous
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Timid, fearful, or shaking
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Luminous
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Radiating or reflecting light
12
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Flit
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To move lightly and swiftly
13
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Menace
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Something that threatens to cause evil
14
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Diminished
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Lessened, decreased
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Detached
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Unfastened and became separate
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Stifle
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To quell, crush, or end by force
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Traverse
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A place where one can cross over
18
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Casual
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Careless or off hand without serious content
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Foliage
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The leaves of a plant
