Literature Exam 3 - Salacker Flashcards

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prophetic

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adj - accurately describing or predicting what will happen in the future

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imperial

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adj - relating to an empire

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recompense

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n - conpensation or reward given for loss or harm suffered or effort made
v - to make amends to someone for loss or harm suffered; compensate

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chastise

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v - to rebuke or reprimand severely

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beguile

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v - to help pass time pleasantly
v - to charm or enchant someone, sometimes in a deceptive way

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entreat

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v - toask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something

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augment

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v - tomake something greater by adding to it

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counterfeit

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n - fraudulent imitation ofsomething else; a forgery
v - to imitate fraudulently
adj - made in exact imitation of something valuable orimportant with the intention to deceive or defraud

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treasonous

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adj - involving or guilty of the crime of betraying one’s country

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predecessor

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n - person who held a job oroffice before the current holder

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conjure

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v - to call upon to appear, by means of a magic ritual

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apparition

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a ghost or ghostlike image of a person

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pernicious

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adj - having a harmful efect, especcially in a gradual way

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voluptousness

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n - quality ofbeing characterize by luxury or sensual pleasure
adj - relating to or characterized by luxury or sensual pleasure

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relish

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n - great enjoment
v - to enjoy greatly

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pertubation

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n - a deviation of a system, moving object, orprocess from its regular or normal stateor path, caused by an outside influence
n - anxiety; mental uneasiness

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speculatice

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adj - engaged in, expressing, or based on conjecture rather than knowledge

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arbitrate

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v - to reach an authoritative judgement or settlement

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tarring

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v - to stay longer than intented; delay leaving a place

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usurper

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n - a person who takes a position of power or importance illegally or by force

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lament

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n - a passionate expression of grief or sorrow
v - to mourn

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forged

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adj - formed or shaped often with blows or pressure after heating
v - to make or shape with blows or pressure after heating

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shroud

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n - a length of cloth or an enveloping garment in which a dead person is wrapped for burial

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infamous

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adj - well known for some negative quality or deed

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writhing
adj - making twisting, squirming movements or contortions of the body
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reprove
v - to reprimand or censure
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concede
v - to admitthat something is true or valid after first denying it v - to surrender o yeild
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disperse
v - to distribute or spread over a wide area
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arrogance
n - the quality of being one who has an exaggerated sense of one's own importance or abilities
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suffice
v - to be enough or adequate
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bestowed
v - to confer or present
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rebuke
v - to express sharp disapproval or criticism of someone because of their behavior or actions
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jovial
adj - cheerful and friendly
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folly
n - lack of good sense; foolishness
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wayward
adj - difficult to control or predict because of unusual or perverse behavior