List 2 Flashcards
1
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Calamity
A
A disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting destress and suffering
2
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Depravity
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A corrupt act or practice
3
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Erudite
A
Having or showing knowledge that is gained by studying
4
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Esoteric
A
designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone / limited to a small circle / of special, rare or unusual interest
5
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Ethereal
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of or relating to the regions beyond earth / lacking material or substance
6
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Evanescent
A
tending to vanish like vapor
7
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Exigent
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Requiring immediate aid or action
8
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Palliate
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to reduce the violence of (a disease) also; to ease (Symptoms) / to cover by excuses and apologies
9
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Plaintive
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expressive of suffering or woe
10
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Propinquity
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Nearness or blood; kinship / nearness in place or time; proximity
