Final Vocab Flashcards

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appall

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to horrify, shock

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sacrilegious

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violating something sacred

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sovereignty

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royal authority or power

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oracle

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may be the person through whom a deity speaks or may be info about the future given by an oracle

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siege

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a military blockade of a town or fort in order to force its surrender

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posterity

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all succeeding generations

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indissoluble

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lasting or permanent

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bounteous

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plentiful

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jovial

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playful good-humored

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infirmity

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weakness, feebleness

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homage

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anything done to show honor or respect

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deftly

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skillfully, quickly

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pernicious

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destructive, deathly

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diminutive

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very small

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judicious

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showing good judgment

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laudable

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praise worthy

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intemperance

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lack of restraint

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ardently

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having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling, passionate

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vindictive

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vengeful

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vivid

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strikingly bright or intense, as color, light etc

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ritual

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cultural or religious ceremony

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intrigue

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interest, secret or scheme

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obstinacy

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stubbornness

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surreptitiously

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stealth

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emulate

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to try to equal or excel

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feigned

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not genuine or real

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morose

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sullen and ill-tempered

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squalor

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filthy and retched condition

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predilection

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a tendency to think favorably or something in. particular

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presume

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to take for granted, assume

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dubious

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doubtful, hesitating

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oblique

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slanting, sloping

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eschew

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shun, avoid

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obviate

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to anticipate and prevent or eliminate

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internecine

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of or relating to conflict or struggle within a group

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recrimination

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to bring a countercharge against an accuser

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augment

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to make greater, increase

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melancholy

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sadness, depression

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constraint

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the use of force to restrict or prevent

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devoid

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entirely lacking or free from

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lucidity

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clear understanding

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frenzy

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violent mental agitation or wild excitement

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torment

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to cause physical pain or mental anguish

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raucous

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boisterous and disorderly

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sabotage

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destruction of property

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lamentation

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grief, mourning

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void

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emptiness

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emaciated

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made thin from starvation

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feeble

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lacking strength

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deprive

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to take something away from

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bereaved

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left alone by death

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apathy

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lacking emotion or feeling

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livid

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ashen or pallid, as from anger

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dregs

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the least desirable portions

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vitality

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vigor, energy

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plaintive

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expressing sorrow

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encumber

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To impede or hinder