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English Vocab Midterm Practice Flashcards

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Admonish

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to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty

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Brigand

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Robber, Criminal

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Predispose

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Make someone liable or inclined to a specified attitude, action, or condition; influence.

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Opinionated

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Stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one’s own ideas, having a closed mind.

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Comandeer

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to seize for military or official use

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Relinquish

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To let go, give up

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Perennial

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Lasting for a long time

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Circumspect

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Careful, cautious

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Breach

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an act of breaking or failing to observe a law, agreement, or code of conduct.

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Dilema

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a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more choices

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Unbridled

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uncontrolled; unconstrained

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Spasmodic

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Sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent

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Debris

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scattered pieces of waste or remains

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Deadlock

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A situation, usually one involving opposing parties, in which no progress can be made.

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Cumbersome

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clumsy, hard to handle ; slow- moving

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Spurious

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Not what it seems to be; false

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Salvage

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To save or rescue objects from a disaster (fire, shipwreck), property that is saved

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Diffuse

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Spread or cause to spread over a wide area or among a large number of people

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Efface

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to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed

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Muddle

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bring into a disordered or confusing state, mess up.

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Comely

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having a pleasure appearance

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Alien

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a citizen of another country; foreign, strange

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Erratic

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not regular or consistent different from what is ordinarily expected, undependable

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Fodder

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food for horses or cattle raw material for a designated purpose

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Fortify

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to strengthen to build up

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Jeer

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to make fun of rudely or unkindly a rude remark or derision

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Mediocre

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average, ordinary, undistinguished

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Subjugate

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to conquer by force, bring under complete control

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Tantalize

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to tease, torment by teasing

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Terse

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brief and to the point

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Adjourn

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to stop proceedings temporarily, to move to another place

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Compensate

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to make up for, to repay for services

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Dissolute

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loose in one’s morals or behavior

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Expulsion

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the process of driving or forcing out

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Feint

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a deliberately deceptive movement, a pretense

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Illegible

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difficult or impossible to read

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Lucrative

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bringing in money, profitable

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Proliferate

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to reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly

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Solely

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to soil, stain, tarnish, defile, besmirch

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Unflinching

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firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back

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Adherent

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a follower, supporter

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39
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Abridge

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to make shorter

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Altercation

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an angry argument

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Chuberic

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resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a beautiful, round, or chubby face; sweet and innocent

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42
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Condone

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to pardon or overlook

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43
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Emiment

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famous, outstanding, distinguished

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43
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Exorcise

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to drive out by magic, to dispose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive

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43
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Dissent

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to disagree

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44
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Fabricate

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to make, manufacture, invent

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Gluttony

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engaging in extreme eating or drinking, greedy overindulgence

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Irate

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angry

47
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Marauder

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a raider, pirate

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Pauper

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an extremely poor person

49
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Pilfer

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To steal in small quantities

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Rift

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a split, break, breach

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Semblance

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air, and outward appearance, aura

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Terminate

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to bring to an end

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Surmount

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to overcome, rise above

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Trite

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commonplace, overused, stale

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Usurp

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to seize and hold a position by force or without right

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Anarchy

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a lack of government and law, confusion

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Auspicious

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favorable, fortunate

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Daunt

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to overcome with fear, intimidate, to dishearten or discourage

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Hoodwink

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to mislead by A trick, swindle

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Inanimate

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not having life, without energy or spirit

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Incinerate

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to burn to ashes

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Larceny

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theft

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Pliant

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bending readily, easily influenced

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Prototype

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an original model on which later versions are patterned

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Rectify

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to make right, correct

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Abscond

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to run off and hide

67
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Access

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approach her admittance to places, persons, things

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Arduous

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hard to do, requiring much effort

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Disentangle

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to free from tangles or complications

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Faded

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determined in advance by destiny or fortune

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Intrepid

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very brave, fearless, unshakable

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Precipise

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a very steep cliff, the brink or edge of disaster

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Pompous

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overly self-important in speech and manner, excessively stately or ceremonious

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Reprieve

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a temporary relief or delay, postponement

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Revile

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to attack with words, call bad names

73
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Arbitrary

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unreasonable, based on one’s wishes or wins without regard for reasons or fairness

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Catalyst

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a substance that causes or Hastings a chemical reaction any agent that causes change

74
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Facilitate

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to make easier, to assist

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Incorrigible

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not able to be corrected, beyond control

76
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Paramount

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chief and importance, above others

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Militant

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give in to fighting, active and aggressive in support of cause; an activist

77
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Rebute

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to offer arguments or evidence that contradict and assertion, to refute

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Reprimand

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to scold, find fault

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Servitude

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slavery, forced labor

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Slapdash

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careless and hasty

80
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Accomplice

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a person who takes part in a crime

81
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Annihilates

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to destroy completely

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Brazen

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shameless, impudent; made of brass

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Exodus

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the large scale departure or flight

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Latent

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hidden, present but not realized

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Morose

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have a gloomy or sullen manner, not friendly or sociable

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Opaque

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not letting light through, clear or lucid; dense, stupid

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Prattle

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to talk in an aimless, foolish, or simple way; babble or baby talk

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Stagnant

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not running or flowing, foul from standing still; inactive

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Succumb

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to give way to superior force, yield

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Credible

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believable

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Atone

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to make up for

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Doleful

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sad, dreary

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Hamper

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to hold back

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Impoverished

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poor, in a state of poverty, depleted

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Posthumous

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occurring or published after death

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Lucid

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easy to understand, clear; rational, sane

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Sardonic

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grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic

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Supplant

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to take the place of, supersede

93
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Tenacious

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holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent

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Bondage

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slavery; any state of being bound or held down

94
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Defray

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to pay for

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Diligent

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hard-working, industrious, not lazy

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Ghastly

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frightful, horrible; deathly pale

97
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Hew

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to shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to

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Incessant

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never stopping, going on all the time

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Intricate

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complicated, difficult to understand

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Superfluous

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exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess

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Prim

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overly needs, proper, or formal; prudish

101
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Taunt

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to jeer at, mock

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