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Day 27 Flashcards

1
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enjoin

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to command

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kinetic

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relating to movement

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excerpt *

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selected passage taken from a longer work

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orient

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get one’s bearings, adjust, make familiar with a situation

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5
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nubile

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marriageable age

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allocate

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to set something aside for a purpose

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address (v)

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to speak to or about

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dissemble

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to lie

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immolate

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offer or kill as a sacrifice by fire

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bastard

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illegitimate child

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qualification

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something added to modify an opinion

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11
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domestic

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relating to the home
not foreign

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loll

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lounge about

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13
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responsiveness

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state of reacting readily to appeals, orders, etc.

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14
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slaughter

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killing of animals for food, massacre

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séance

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session in which people try to contact the spirit world

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16
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elicit *

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to provoke a reaction

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17
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reminiscent

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suggestive of something in the past

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confound *

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confuse, puzzle

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18
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impecunious *

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without money

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18
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career

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rush wildly, go at fully speed

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19
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supersaturated

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over filled

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20
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migratory

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wandering
v. migrate - move from one region and settle in another

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20
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plaintive

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sad, melancholic

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21
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flail

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beat with or as if with a flail, move wildly, thresh grain by hand

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22
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extenuating

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mitigating, excusing or making something seem less serious

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23
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chef de ouvre

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masterpiece, ultimate work of art

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brisk

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quick and active, marked by liveliness and vigor

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25
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disenfranchise

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to take away rights or power

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26
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lumen

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unit of light energy

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27
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optimal

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the best, the finest

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28
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duress

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forcible restraint, especially unlawfully, coercion by threat, illegal coercion

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29
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funerary

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be concerned with funerals

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29
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usury

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lending money at illegal high rates of interest

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30
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suave

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smooth and pleasant, practiced

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30
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hurtle

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crash, rush, move with great speed

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31
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extirpate

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root up, uproot, destroy completely

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32
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effectuate

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effect, produce, achieve

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33
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farce

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mockery, travesty

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34
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celerity

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speed, rapidity

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35
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capitulate

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to give up

36
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predetermined

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fixed beforehand, fated

37
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sarcasm

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sneering, bitter remarks, ironic or taunting

38
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debut

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first public appearance, formal presentations of a young woman to society

39
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oligarchy

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rule by a few

40
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tourniquet

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first aid divide to stop bleeding (twisted cloth)

41
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malefactor

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a criminal, wrong doer

42
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diminution *

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lessening, reduction in size

42
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manumit

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emancipate, free from slavery or bondage

43
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unfaltering

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steadfast, firm, not changing

43
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mendacious

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untruthful

44
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flippant

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lacking proper seriousness

45
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expose

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public revelation of something descreditable

46
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bibliophile

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a collector or lover of books

47
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extrajudicial

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happening outside of court

48
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voluminous

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large, bulky, extensive

49
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exult

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rejoice

50
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resilience

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strength, ability to withstand

50
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hiatus

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gap, pause, break

51
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matricide

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murder of a mother

51
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stun

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make unconscious or numb as a by a blow, amaze

52
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unfettered

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free, unregulated

53
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outmoded

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no longer in fashion or use, no longer stylish, old-fashioned

54
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permeate

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to fill completely

55
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spartan

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harsh, stark, bare

56
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quaff

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drink with zest, sip

57
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sow

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plant or scatter seed

58
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yokel

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rustic, country bumpkin

59
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refrain

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abstain from, resist, forbear

60
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prescient

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having knowledge ahead of time, able to predict

60
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submerge

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place under water, dip, go under water, cover completely as with water

61
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swamp

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wetland, marsh
v. flood, overwhelm

62
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effusive

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extremely enthusiastic, praising too much, fulsome

63
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malfeasance

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misconduct of an official or government worker

63
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qualify

A

reach a necessary standard
limit the meaning of something stated

64
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prophylactic

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used to prevent disease

65
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waffle

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speak equivocally about an issue

66
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conception

A

idea, view
beginning or pregnancy

67
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extemporaneous

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impromptu, in the spur of the moment, unplanned

67
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sermonized

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gave moral lecture

68
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enervate

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to weaken, take away energy

68
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scribble

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meaningless writing

69
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sartorial

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relating to clothes or fashion

70
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novel

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new, original, fresh

71
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sadist

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one who enjoys causing pain

72
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ramify

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brach out, divide into branches or subdivisions

73
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poise

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good judgement with composure, balance
v. place in a carefully balanced position

73
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juxtaposition

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next to, side by side

73
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unassailable

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not open to attack, impregnable, not subject to question

74
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revisionists

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people who revise

74
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degenerate

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become worse in quality, deteriorate

75
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duplicity *

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double-dealing, hypocrisy, being dishonest and deceitful

76
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censures

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blames, criticizes

77
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conjure

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cause to appear by magic, summon devil or spirit by magical power

77
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stentorian

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loud, powerful

77
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preempt

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to prevent by acting first

77
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frivolity

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non-seriousness

77
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discretion

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prudence, ability to adjust actions to circumstances, freedom of action or judgment

77
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cross

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bad-tempered, showing ill-humor, angry

78
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ravage

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to destroy completely

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