ENGLISH Flashcards

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Covert

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Secret, concealed

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Disparagement

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The act of degrading someone

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Galling

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Very irritating, bitter

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Virtuous

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Having excellent morals, noble

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Wanton

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Immoral, lewd

Wanton act of vandalism

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Profane

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Showing contempt toward sacred things

It is a serious crime to produce the grave markers at a cemetery

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Portent

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A sign or forewarning

I am bound to have bad luck based in the portents I have witnessed during the day.

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Partisan

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A weapon having a blade with lateral projections mounted on the end of a long shaft

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Pernicious

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Very destructive or harmful, deadly

Pernicious rage
Pernicious weapon

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10
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Accord

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Agreement

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