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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emulate
to try to equal or excel
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feigned
not genuine or real
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morose
sullen and ill-tempered
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squalor
filthy and retched condition
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predilection
a tendency to think favorably or something in. particular
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presume
to take for granted, assume
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dubious
doubtful, hesitating
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oblique
slanting, sloping
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eschew
shun, avoid
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obviate
to anticipate and prevent or eliminate
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internecine
of or relating to conflict or struggle within a group
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recrimination
to bring a countercharge against an accuser
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augment
to make greater, increase
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melancholy
sadness, depression
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constraint
the use of force to restrict or prevent
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devoid
entirely lacking or free from
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lucidity
clear understanding
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frenzy
violent mental agitation or wild excitement
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torment
to cause physical pain or mental anguish
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raucous
boisterous and disorderly
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sabotage
destruction of property
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lamentation
grief, mourning
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void
emptiness
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emaciated
made thin from starvation
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feeble
lacking strength
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deprive
to take something away from
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bereaved
left alone by death
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apathy
lacking emotion or feeling
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livid
ashen or pallid, as from anger
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dregs
the least desirable portions
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vitality
vigor, energy
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plaintive
expressing sorrow
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encumber
To impede or hinder