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LOTF Vocab. 7-12 Flashcards

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Shaking or waving threateningly.

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Brandishing

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dullness, slowness to apprehend or perceive.

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Obtuseness

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One is afraid; a coward.

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Funk

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Dismaying; intimidating.

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Daunting

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Not allowing entrance or passage; impenetrable; not capable or being affected or disturbed.

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Impervious

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Expressing or causing scorn or ridicule.

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Derisive

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The quality of being holy (separate, special) or sacred.

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Sanctity

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Reserved; modest.

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Demure

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Mad; insane.

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Demented

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A feeble or ridiculous imitation; a satirical or humorous imitation.

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Parody

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Having a large, bulky body; obese.

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Corpulent

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Full of juice; juicy.

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Succulent

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Noisily; loudly.

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Clamorously

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Worthy of or causing disgust or hatred; detestable.

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Abominable

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A glow like that of a firefly.

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Phosphorescence

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Extreme disgust; detestation.

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Loathing

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Of or relating to the study of God and his relation to the world.

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Theological

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Without grace or ease of movement; clumsy.

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Ungainly

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A strong persuasion of belief; the state of being convicted; certainty.

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Conviction

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Cleansed of; freed from moral or ceremonial defilement; purified.

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Purged

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A type of defective vision in which distant objects appear blurred; nearsightedness.

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Myopia

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Including many individuals; existing in great numbers.

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Multitudinous

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Done with the hope of creating favor of goodwill; appeasing.

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Propitiatingly

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Belligerently; self-assertively aggressive.

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Truculently

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Something that produces magical or miraculous effects; a charm.

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Talisman

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Unfriendly; hostile.

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Inimical

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A howl; a wail.

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Ululation

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A crackling sound.

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Crepitation

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A line of persons or objects around a person or place.

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Cordon

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Painfully; agonizingly.

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Excruciatingly

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