Grapes 21-30 Flashcards

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hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused

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nebulous

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of no recognized, definite, or particular type or kind

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nondescript

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at a distance, especially in feeling or interest; apart

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aloof

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without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy; gloomy; cheerless

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disconsolate

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the act or state of conquering or the state of being conquered; vanquishment

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conquest

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a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth

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paradoxes

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a person who stirs up others in order to upset the status quo and further a political, social, or other cause

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agitators

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8
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caused by or showing sincere remorse

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contrite

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something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat

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menacingly

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10
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characterized by defiance; boldly resistant or challenging

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defiantly

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11
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to lie or keep in hiding, as for some evil reason

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skulk

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12
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winning; attractive; pleasing

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engagingly

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13
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becoming putrid; undergoing putrefaction

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putrescence

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an act or instance of denouncing; public censure or condemnation

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denunciation

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a cloth, often of velvet, for spreading over a coffin, bier, or tomb

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pall

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