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List Two Flashcards

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Interminable

A 
In-ter-min-a-bull
Adj
Mononosly unending(painfully forever)
Interminably-adv
Interminability-noun
Terminable-adj
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Incredulous

A 
In-cred-u-less
Adj
Unbelieving or unwilling to admit or accept
Incredulously-adv
Incredulousness-noun
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Vulnerable

A 
Vul-ner-ah-bull
Adj 
           ANT: IMPERVIOUS
open to attack
VULNERABILITY-noun
VULNERABLY-adv
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Impervious

A 
Im-per-veee-ous
Adj 
Incapable of being injured or attacked
IMPERVIOUSLY-adv
IMPERVIOUSNESS-noun
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Furtive

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Fur-tive 
Adj
      SYN: surreptitious
Sneaky or sly
Furtively-adv
Furtiveness-noun
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Fervor

A 
Fur-vuhr 
NOUN
        SYN: ARDOR ZEAL
enthusiasm or excitement 
Fervent adj
Fevory-adv
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Covert

A 
Coh-vert (or Cuh-vert)
Adj: hidden, secrete, disguised
Noun:a place that is.."""""
COVERTLY-adv
COVERTNESS-noun
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Superficial

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Super-ficial
Adj
At or near the surface, conserned with the surface
SUPERFICIALLY-adv
SUPERFIXIALNESS-noun
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Derision

A 
Der-ris-in
Noun
Ridicule
DERIDE-verb
DERIDER-noun
DERISIVE-adj
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Corruption

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Cuh-rupt-shun
NOUN
Decay, the decay of, rotting
CORRUPT-verb

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Demented

A 
Dij-ment-ed
Adj: insane
Verb: to make insane
Dementedly-adv
Dementedness-noun
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Gesticulate

A

Ges-tic-u-late
Vrb
To make gesters, motions or movements
GESTICULATION-noun

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Obscene

A 
Ab-seen
Adj
SYN: REPULSIVE, LEWD
Offensive to moraliy or decency
OBSCENELY-adv
OBSCENENESS-noun
OBSCENITY-noun
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Ludicrous

A 
Lou-dah-cris
Adj
Silly and senseless
LUDICROUSLY-adv
LUDICROUSNESS-noun
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Inscruatable

A 
In-screw-tah-bull
Adj
Not easily seen or understood (mysterious)
INSCRUTABILITY-noun
INSCRUTABLENESS-noun
INSCRUTABLY- adv
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Talisman

A 
Tal-is-man
Noun
A charm (magical/and or decrative)
TALISMANIC-adj
TALISMANICAL-adj
TALISMANICALLY-adv
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Ineffectual

A 
In-eh-fect-u-ull
SYN: futile, unavailing
Adj
Without an effect or use
INEFFECTUALITY-noun
INEFECTILE-noun
INEFFECTUALLY-adv
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Propitiate

A 
Pruh-pish-eey-ate
SYN: CONCILIATE
Verb 
To appease or satisfy
PROPITIATION-noun
PROPITIATOR-noun
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Cordon

A

Core-den
Noun: a group that is protecting or guarding
Verb: to form a group that “””
NO OTHER FORMS

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Obscurity

A 
On-scure-ity
Noun
The state of not being easily seen or understood
OBSCURE-adj
OBSCURITY-adv
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Antiphonal

A

An-tiff-ah-nul
Adj: pertaining to alternative responses
Noun: antiphony( a song chant etc. with alternating responses)
ANTIPHONALLY-adj

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Inimical

A

In-nim-ih-cull
Adj
Showing hosility, harm, dislike, etc.
Inimically-adv

Hepler- Lord Of The Flies (2 decks)

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