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IM ON A HIGHWAY TO HELL Flashcards

1
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Protection/support from another organization

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Aegis

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To inform

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Apprise

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Very absorbant/alcoholic

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Bibulous

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Fake admires for hire

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Claque

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To completely remove all traces of something

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Deracinate

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Charitable aid

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Eleemosynary

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native; originating from a place

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indigenous

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sad/tragic/tear inducing

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Lachrymose

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The entirety of a set of words in certain language/the vocabulary of an entity/ a dictionary/wordbook

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Lexicon

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10
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Confused fight/skirmish/struggle

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Melee

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Smaller replica of a larger version

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microcosom

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Very small/tiny/lowercase letter

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minuscule

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to darken/obscure/confuse/bewilder

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obfuscate

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governing people like a father dealing with his children, infringing on autonomy

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paternalism

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to divide into two contrasting groups

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polarize

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Range of experience/thought/influence

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purview

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optimism in a bad situation

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sanguine

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mistake in grammar/manners

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solecism

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submissive/under protection and alligence of feudal lord

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vassal

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realistic/lifelike

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verisimilitude

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Additional/supplementary rather than necessary

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Adjunct

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Indicator of events

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bellwether

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howl/wail

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caterwaul

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unreal/imaginary/visionary

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chimerical

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weakened/worn out

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effete

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Accomplished thing that’s irreversible

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Fait Accompli

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unwilling to change because of tradition or convention

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hidebound

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Chain of command, ranking

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Hierarchy

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ritual, worship, ceremony

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liturgy

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illusion, fantasy, hallucination

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mirage

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swamp, muddy ground, unstable ground, quagmire

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morass

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unpleasant, displeasing, offensive

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noisome

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lacking memory, attention, awareness

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oblivious

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spiritless coward

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poltroon

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attempt to convert one to religion or belif

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proselytizing

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resembling, having some but not all features of

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quasi

37
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good humored teasing

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raillery

38
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crude, offensive, indecent humor

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ribald

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laying down, facing upward, failing to act or protest, moral weekness

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supine

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brief description, account, episode

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vignette

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additional, helping, assisting, auxillary, accessory

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ancillary

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censoring, removing, purging improper material, weaker/less effective text

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bowdlerize

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to patronize, stoop low, show feelings of superiority

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condescend

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cheating, swindling, scamming

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cozen

45
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place/group of people different from surrounding society

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enclave

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strong point/strength

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forte

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free of charge

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gratis

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representative/legend/celebraty/symbol

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iconsm

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all space between two things, interval, canny, gap

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interstice

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whole complex structure, world/globe

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macrocosm

51
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person who tricks people

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mountebank

52
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song/thing that express triumph

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paean

53
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lighthearted joking

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persiflage

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plenty, overabundance, surplus

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plethora

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sensible, down to earth

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pragmatic

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questioning, perplexed, puzzled, baffled, peculiar

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quizzical

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strong desire to take things for yourself, greed, selfish desire for wealth

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rapacity

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split, division, rift by opposing beliefs

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schism

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healing/curing/medicinal

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therapeutic

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expert, genius, prodigy

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virtuoso

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