english vocab 1 Flashcards
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beguile
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deceive, trick
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enmity
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hostility, antagonism
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conceive
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become pregnant, form an idea
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invoke
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to call upon a higher power
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cryptic
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hidden
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evoke
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to bring to mind, elicit a response, to call forth an emotion
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lineage
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genealogy, line of descent from ancestors
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righteous
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conforming to what is right or moral
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perish
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die
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abate
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grow less intense
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elude
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evade capture
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allude to
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to refer to indirectly, to make an indirect reference to a literary text
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steward
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a manager of an estate
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afflict
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cause pain or suffering
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vault
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arched roof
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bridle
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headgear worn by a horse that allows the rider to control it
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iniquity
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evil
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censorious
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harshly critical
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vindicate
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prove right or correct
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intercede
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intervene on behalf of another
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spurn
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reject as worthless
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endow
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provide with a quality, an ability, or an asset
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rummage
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search in an untidy fashion
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accost
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approach and boldly address
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debase
degrade, reduce in quality or value
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scurrilous
making scandalous claims against someone (applied to speech)
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tribute
a gift meant to show respect
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meager
lacking in quantity or quality
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bereave
deprive of a loved one
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obeisance
a gesture expressing high respect or submission
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obsequious
excessively obedient or attentive
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Abhorrent
inspiring disgust or loathing
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sustenance
food
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remnant
what remains
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languish
grow weak
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steadfast
constant, firm, resolute
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profane
treat what is sacred as if it were not
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prescribe
order
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chastise
punish
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impede
delay or prevent by obstructing
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thwart
prevent
42
rite
ritual, religious ceremony, customary act
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vigil
period of wakefulness during a time usually of sleep
44
aggregate
form a group out of individuals
45
magistrate
judge, one who administers the law
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bade (verb)
order, command
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engender
give birth to
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sundry
various
49
bearing
way of standing
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largesse
generosity
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deft
skilled
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meek
unassertive, modest,
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sheen
The soft luster (shining) of a surface
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sheaf
bundle
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anoint
rub with oil
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penance
voluntary self-punishment to express repentance
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supple
soft and flexible
58
absolution
release from sin
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smart
feel pain
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affectation
artificial behavior meant to impress others
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affect
behave in an artificial way to impress others
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clerical
Of the Church
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Secular
non-religious
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precedent
earlier legal rulings
65
statute
law
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sanguine
optimistic, cheerful
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choleric
easily angered
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divine
foresee
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superfluity
excess
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parson
a priest
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mire
mud
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mercenary
soldier for hire
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finicky
precise and particular about small details
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delve
dig
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churl
discourteous person
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sow
female pig
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prudent
cautious
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thresh
to separate grain from its stalk by beating
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hoodwink
deceived, blindfolded
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frugal
careful with expense
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arrears
payment owed and overdue
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granary
place to store grain
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bailiff
officer of the court with the authority to arrest
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relics
the remains of a saint
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feign
pretend
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mirth
fun, laughter, gaiety
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demeanor
outward behavior, bearing, way of holding oneself
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beseech
earnestly request
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besiege
surround by an army
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forbear
refrain
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amend
remedy, make better
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clemency
mercy
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chivalry
the moral code of a knight
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swoon
faint, loss consciousness
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pillage
rob (especially in wartime)
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perpetual
without limit in time
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vie
compete
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wont
custom
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adjacent
next to
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blanch
turn white
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adversity
misfortune
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transfigure
transform into something more beautiful or more significant
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traitor
one who is disloyal
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confidant
someone one confides in, a person one shares secrets with
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breach
break
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pledge
vow
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fetter (verb)
to put in chains
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providence
divine plan
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retinue
those who accompany a ruler (or celebrity)
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fare
travel
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clamor
noise of people shouting
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prescience
foresight
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prescient
showing foresight
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orison
morning prayer
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array (verb)
clothe
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degree
social rank
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snare
trap
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visage
face
119
homage
respect shown publicly
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fickle
inconstant, subject to change
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ire
anger
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assay (verb)
try
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wrought
made
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trespass (noun)
crime, sin, wrongdoing
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refute
challenge
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burnish
polish
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chastity
sexual restraint
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aggrieve
inspire resentment
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hardy
capable of enduring hardship
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wax
grow larger or stronger
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wane
grow smaller or weaker
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quicken (verb)
give life to
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propriety
what is proper or appropriate (as determined by custom)
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dispensation
control
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aghast
filled with horror
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pestilence
plague
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conjecture
make educated guesses
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salve
healing ointment
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abide
remain
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rancor
bitterness
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bequeath
grant after death, leave (something) to someone by a will
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transmute
cause to change
143
exhort
strongly urge
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office
position of authority or service; duty
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fathom
length of six feet
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fell (verb)
cut down
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abridge
shorten
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solace
comfort in time of distress
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similitude
likeness
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wench
country girl
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amorous
inclined to love, especially sexual love
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woo
seek the favor of
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Hapless
Luckless
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wile
trick, stratagem meant to fool, entrap, or entice
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Aliment
disease, illness
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portend
foreshadow, show what is about to come
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portentous
foreshadowing a calamity
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revelry
boisterous festivity, wild merrymaking
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cloister
common abode of monks
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requite
repay
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beset
attack on all sides
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usurp
seize what belongs to someone else
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nether
lower
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travail
pain, anguish, suffering
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discretion
good judgment
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filial
pertaining to a son
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jocund
cheerful, merry
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dirge
sad song
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truant
lazy, idle, neglectful
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circumscribe
limit
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importune (verb)
plead, beseech, petition
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prodigal
lacking restraint
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calumny
slander
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imminent
about to occur
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libertine
someone devoted to sensual pleasure
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dalliance
frivolous spending of time, flirtation
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precepts
rules governing behavior or thought
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traduce
slander
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sate
satisfy
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pernicious
wicked
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meet
proper
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sully (verb)
soil, damage the reputation of
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glean
pick up the small pieces of
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peruse
closely inspect
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paragon
pattern of excellence
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malefaction
evil deed
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epitaph
words engraved on a tomb
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temperance
moderation
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cozen
trick
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chide
scold
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whet
sharpen
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craven
cowardly
193
abstinence
restraining oneself from indulgence in something (liquor, sex, etc.)
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circumvent
avoid as if by going around something
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augury
premonition, divination
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scruple
doubt, uncertainty, hesitation with regard to the morality of an action
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import
signify
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assume
accept something to be true without evidence.
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assumption
a thing accepted as true without evidence.
200
inference
a conclusion drawn from incomplete evidence.
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infer
draw a conclusion from incomplete evidence.
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imply
suggest, convey a meaning indirectly.
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rant
talk passionate nonsense.
204
true
keeping one’s promises, vows, pledges.
205
obsequies
funeral ceremonies.
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herald
one who oversees ceremonies.
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garland
a crown of flowers or leaves.
208
amorous
feeling sexual desire.
209
humor
one of the four bodily fluids ancient doctors thought controlled mood or character.
210
page
an attendant on a knight or noble.
211
thrall
slave.
212
bane
destroyer.
213
Phoebus
the sun or the god of the sun
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quaint
strange (or cunning or proud)
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gentle
noble
216
bawdry
sexual immorality
217
Medea
a witch in Greek mythology
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mail
armor made of interlinked metal rings
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minstrelsy
singing or playing of singers or musicians
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dais
a raised platform
221
orison
morning prayer
222
boon
a favor asked or granted
223
censing
to burn incense to sweeten the air
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maidenhood
virginity
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palfries
small riding horses
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bier
a movable frame on which a coffin is placed
227
irl
anger
228
apparition
supernatural appearance of things usually invisibleassail
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assail
attack
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harrows
torment, disturbs
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usurp
seize or take a position or place that belongs to another
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bode
foretell
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watch
division of the night during which guards are on duty
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emulate
ambitious
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posthaste
feverish activity
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rummage
bustle, commotion
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portentous
foretelling calamity
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hies
hurries
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confine
place of confinement
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russet
brown
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sensible
based on the five senses
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avouch
affirmation
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discretion
good judgment
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dole
sorrow, pain
243
levies
draft of soldiers
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rank
foul smelling
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canon
law
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Hyperion
the sun god
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at point
correctly
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crescent
growing
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service
performance of its given role
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besmirch
soil, sully, befoul
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chariest
most careful, wary
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imminent
about to occur
253
familiar
informal, natural and unstudied
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unfledged
without feathers (metaphor: recent, newborn)
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habit
clothes
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countenance
authority, confirmation
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springe
trap, snare
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parley
talk, converse
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tether
a rope or cord that attaches an animal to a stake
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dye
color
261
wassail
a toast given when drinking to someone's health
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bawd
keeper of a house of prostitution
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breach
failure to carry out a duty or custom
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ponderous
heavy
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enmity
antagonism
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uneffectual
weak
266
pernicious
wicked
267
arrant knave
a thorough-going scoundrel
268
antic (adjective)
absurd, grotesque, wild
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perturbed
disturbed, unhappy
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antic (noun)
clown, jester, fool
