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Heart of Darkness pt. 2 Flashcards

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altruistic

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devotion to welfare of others

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evanescent

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dissolving, vaporizing

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peroration

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highly rhetorical speech

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pestiferous

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disease or decay (pestilence)

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imbecility

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stupidity and connotation of ineffectiveness

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rudimentary

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pertaining to first principles; elementary, undeveloped; primitive

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recondite

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dealing with profound, difficult, or abstruse subject matter; obscure

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sagacious

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shrewd, keen in sense perception, discerning

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inexorable

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not to be persuaded or moved; relentless

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