Fab Vocab 100-125 Flashcards

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halcyon

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peaceful; undisturbed, happy

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sagacious

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keen in sense, perception; having keen judgement

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malevolent

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having, showing, or arising from intense, often vicious, ill will

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recondite

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hidden from sight, concealed, difficult for ordinary to understand

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inexorable

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not to be persuaded or moved by entreaty, relentless

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perdition

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eternal damnation, hell

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immolate

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to kill or destroy, often by fire

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fusillade

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a number of shots fired, simultaneously or in rapid outbursts or succession

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segue

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to proceed without interruption

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quotidian

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occurring daily, also ordinary

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resplendent

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having brilliant color, beauty

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otoise

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ineffective, being at leisure, no use

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audacity

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intrepid boldness, cool or arrogant disregard of normal restraint

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veriest

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properly entitled to the name or designation, real, actual

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languor

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weakness or weariness of body or mind, sluggishness, lethargy

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fecund

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fruitful in offspring or vegetation, prolific, intellectually productive

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odious

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exciting or deserving hatred or repugnance

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fisticuffs

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a fight with the fists

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saturnine

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gloomy or sullen

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disconsolate

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cheerless, dejected

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craven

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defeated, vanquished, lacking any courage, contemptibly fainthearted

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bailiwick

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a persons specific area of knowledge, authority, interest, skill or work

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waylay

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to ambush or accost

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abrogate

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to abolish by authoritative action; to do away with

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abstemious

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sparing, especially in eating or drinking, sparingly used or indulged in