English vocab Flashcards
1
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Archipelago
A
Any sea, or sheets of water, in which there are numerous islands
2
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Astounded
A
Shocked/Amazed
3
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Conscripted
A
Forced to enlist into the army
4
Q
Compulsory
A
Mandatory/Forced †o
5
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Cataclysm
A
A great flood; A political/social upheaval
6
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Displacement
A
The removing of something from it’s original location
7
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Gasp
A
A sudden inhale or exhale
8
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Gulag
A
A prison camp, primarily for political prisoners
9
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Tenacious
A
Not easily giving up
10
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Bleat
A
To cry as a goat, sheep, or calf
11
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Omnipotent
A
Having infinite power
12
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Zek
A
A prisoner held in a soviet camp
13
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Article 58
A
Allowed for soviet officers to arrest anyone who they deemed suspicious/guilty
14
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13th Amendment
A
Forbade slavery
15
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Pretense
A
A false claim made to seem true
