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English 2H Vocabulary Flashcards

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Admonish (verb)

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To warn, to caution

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Affliction (noun)

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Anything causing great suffering

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Aghast (adjective)

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Feeling great dismay or horror

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Advocate (verb)

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To recommend; to speak in favor of

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Affiliate (noun)

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As associate, partner

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Adjunct (noun)

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A subordinate; assistant

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Alacrity (noun)

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Liveliness, willingness, eagerness

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Amalgamate (verb)

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To combine

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Ambidextrous (adjective)

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Equally skillful with both hands

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Alienate (verb)

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To make others unfriendly toward you

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Anachronism (noun)

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Something/ someone out of its place and or time

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Allude (verb)

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To hint at, to refer to indirectly

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Aloof (adjective)

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Reserved, distant

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Animate (verb)

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To give life or motion to (lively)

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Antiquated (adjective)

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No longer used: outdated

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Aphorism (noun)

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Concise statement of the truth or principle

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Aplomb (noun)

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Self confidence

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Bandy (verb)

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Conversation of a joking manner

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Beget (verb)

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To produce; to be the parent of

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Bane (noun)

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Cause of ruin, harm, or distress, death

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Begrudge (verb)

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To resent another’s success (jealous) to give with reluctance (not wanting to give)

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Benediction (noun)

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A blessing

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Belated (adj)

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Delayed

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Beneficiary (noun)

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One who receives benefits

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Berserk (adj; adv)

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In a state of violence/ rage

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Berate (verb)

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To scold or rebuke severely at length

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Bibliophile (noun)

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Lover of books

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Bias (verb)

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A prejudice that inhabits judgements

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bilk (verb)

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to cheat or swindle; to thwart of frustrate

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blatant (adjective)

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offensively noisy; obvious

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blight (noun)

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prevents growth

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Anthropomorphic (adjective)

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Having human like qualities (gods, animals)

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calumny (noun)

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false accusation

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cache (noun)

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hiding place; or things hidden; usually valuables

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cadaverous (adjective)

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of or like corpse; pale, gaunt, thin (looking dead)

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careen (verb)

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to lean sideways

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caricature (noun)

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an exaggerated portrayal of one’s features

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carnage (noun)

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a bloody extensive slaughter

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carp (verb)

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to complain; or find fault in a petty or nagging way

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Catalyst (noun)

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A person or thing that speeds up a result

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Charisma (noun)

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To possess a great appeal for others

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Beleaguer (verb)

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besiege by encircling/ to harass

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Chauvinist(noun)

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One who has a fanatical devotion to a country sec or religion without contempt

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Catholic (adjective)

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Universal

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Chicanery (noun)

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Cleaver but tricky way to deceive and evade

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Cavort (verb)

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To leap in a springly manner

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Choleric (adjective)

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Easily angered

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Chafe (verb)

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Irritate by friction/ rubbing

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Dally (verb)

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To waste time

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Dastardly (verb)

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Mean and cowardly

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dawdle (verb)

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to waste time

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debonaire (adjective)

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carefree and self-confident in manner; elegant and gracious

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decadence (noun)

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moral deterioration

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declaim (verb)

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to speak in a dramatic manner

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daub (verb)

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to paint unskillfully

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defunct (adjective)

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no longer in existence

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daunt (verb)

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to make afraid or discouraged

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Deify (verb)

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Make good of; worship as god

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Delete (verb)

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Cross out

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Delude (verb)

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Mislead; to fool

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deluge (noun)

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a flood; a great downpour; an overwhelming rush of anything

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demented(adjective)

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mentally ill; insane

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demise (noun)

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death; a ceasing to exist

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denigrate (verb)

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to ruin the reputation of; to speak ill of

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denizen (noun)

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an occupant; inhabitant

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desecrate (verb)

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to damage a holy place;

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desist (verb)

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to stop

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desolate (adjective)

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lonely

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despot (noun)

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a dictator with absolute power

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edifice (noun)

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a large, elaborate structure; an imposing building

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educe (verb)

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to draw or bring out

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eerie (adjective)

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weird, mysterious, strange, and frightening

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efface (verb)

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to wipe out

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effrontery (noun)

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unshamed boldness

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effusive (adjective)

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a poring out; an excessive display of emotion; overly demonstrative

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egalitarian (adjective / noun)

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the belief in the equality of all men (equal rights)

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elated (adjective)

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to be high in spirits (exultantly proud and joyful)

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elite (noun)

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the choice or best of a group

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embroil (verb)

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to draw into a conflict

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emissary (noun)

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one sent on a special mission

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emit (verb)

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to send out; to give forth, as in sound

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ensue (verb)

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to result from

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entice (verb)

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to attract by offering reward or pleasure

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entity (noun)

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an independent being; a real and independent existence

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deplete (verb)

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to use up gradually

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envisage (verb)

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to form a mental picture

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epigram (noun)

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a witty saying expressing a single thought or observation

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epitaph (noun)

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inscription on a tombstone

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equivocal (adjective)

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ambiguous; purposely vague

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eradicate (verb)

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to wipe out; destroy

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fabricate (verb)

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to make; to build (make up a story)

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facade (noun)

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deceptive outward appearance; front part of a building

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fallible (adj)

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capable of error

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fallow (adj)

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inactive; unproductive

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farcical (adjective0

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ridiculously clumsy

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fatalistic (adj)

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believing that things in life are inevitable

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fawn (verb

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to act slavishly submissive

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feathly (noun)

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loyalty

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fegin (verb)

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to pretend

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feisty (adjective)

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aggressive; lively energetic

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felicity (noun)

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happiness

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enmity (noun)

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deep- seated hostility, often mutual

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felonious (adj)

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of, like, or constituting a felony

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fester (verb)

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to rot; to form pus; to grow embittered

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fiat (noun)

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an official order

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fidelity (noun)

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faithfulness

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filch (verb)

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to steal

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filial (adj)

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due from a son or a daugther

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