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FRA Vocabulary 7-14 Flashcards

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prognosticate

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to forecast, to predict from facts

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tedious

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long and tiring

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promontory

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a high point of land extending from the coast into the land

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dirge

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funeral song

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precipices

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cliff, crag, steep mountainside

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venerable

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worthy of respect or reverence due to age, character, or importance

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alleviate

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to relieve, to lessen, to make easier

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deposition

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testimony under oath or sworn testimony in writing

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candor

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speaking honestly, frankness, sincerity

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mockery

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to ridicule, to make fun of

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ignominious

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shameful, disgraceful, dishonourable

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exculpated

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to free from blame, prove guiltless

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countenance

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facial expressions

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execrated

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detested, abhorred

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adduced

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to give as proof or evidence

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indignation

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anger at something unworthy or unjust

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conjecture

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guess, theorise

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wantonly

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done in a reckless and malicious way; not moral

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timorous

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timid, easily frightened

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approbation

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approval, favourable opinion

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guile

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deceit, sly tricks

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absolution

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freeing from guilt or blame

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excommunication

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a cutting off or removal from the church

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obdurate

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stubborn, obstinate; not repentant

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perdition
loss of one's soul; utter loss or destruction
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lamentations
cries of sorrow or grief, wailing, mourning
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remorse
deep, painful regret for having done wrong
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perceptible
to become aware of or understood through the senses
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augmenting
making greater in size, number or amount; increasing
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malice
a desire to hurt or harm others
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unalterable
not changeable, permanent
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efface
rub out, to obliterate
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abhorrence
intense dislike
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desponding
becoming disheartened
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sacrilege
an intentional injury to anything sacred
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ephemeral
transitory; lasting for a brief time
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epoch
beginning of a period of time or era when something striking happens
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impetuous
impulsive, brash; rushing with violence
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reverberated
resounded; reflected
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anon
soon, in a short time
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rent
to rip, to make an opening
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divert
to turn aside from a direction; to distract or amuse
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pinnacle
the highest point
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surmount
to overcome; to ascent to the top and cross over
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mutability
ability to change
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diabolically
devilishly, wickedly
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dissoluble
capable of being dissolved
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negligently
habitually guilty of neglect
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irrevocably
incapable of being retracted or revoked
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commiserate
to feel or express sorrow or pity; to sympathise
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opaque
impenetrable by or not reflecting light
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impervious
incapable of being penetrated, allowing no passage
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dormant
inactive; resembling sleep
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orb
a sphere
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canopied
covered
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mode
a method, way or manner of doing something
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uncouth
crude, unrefined, awkward
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inarticulate
not distinct; irregular speech
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offal
waste parts of a butchered animal; rubbish
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assuage
to make less severe; to satisfy or appease
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rambles
wandering
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disconsolate
gloomy, helplessly sad, despairing
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hovel
small, miserable dwelling
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barbarity
inhuman; harsh or cruel conduct; uncivilised
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purloined
stolen
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demeanor
the way a person looks and acts
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countenance
expression of the face
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imperceptible
very slight
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pensive
thoughtful
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symmetry
well-balanced arrangement of parts
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venerable
deserving respect because of age, character, or importance
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viands
food
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enigmatic
an obscure riddle, puzzling, unexplainable
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poingnantly
very touching; keenly distressing to the mind or feelings
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abstained
hold oneself back
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articulate
distinctly, clear
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exhortations
urgings by strong appeals
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conjectured
guessed
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mortification
shame, humiliation
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arbiters
one who has power to judge or decide
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conciliating
to overcome the hatred of; to win favour; make calm and amenable; pacify, reconcile
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exhilarated
made lively
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execration
to denounce; to hate, to abhor or loate
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verdure
fresh greenness of flourishing vegetation
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conjecture
guess or theory based on inconclusive facts
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dispelling
driving away, scattering
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cadence
rhythmic flow, vocal inflection
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enraptured
filled with great delight
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declamatory
overblown style of speaking, verbose
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subsequent
following in time or order
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degenerating
deteriorating or decaying; morally degrading
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scion
a descendant
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squalid
very dirty

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