Mabeth Voacbulary Flashcards

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Apparition (noun)

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A ghost or ghost-like image of a person

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Avaricious (adj)

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Having extreme greed for wealth or material gain

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Broil (noun)

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Battle, fight

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Dichotomy (noun)

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A division or contrast between two obvious things

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Equivocation (noun)

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Use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth

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Golgotha (noun)

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Site outside Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified

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Hallucinate (verb)

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Think you can see something which isn’t rlly there

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Harbinger (noun)

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A thing or person which signals the approach of something else

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Heinous (adjective)

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Totally wicked and evil

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Incarnadine (verb)

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To tinge or stain with red

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Lineage (noun)

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Direct descent from an ancestor

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Monarchy (noun)

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A form of government with a monarch at the head

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Nonpareil (noun)

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Having no match or equal; unrivalled

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Primogeniture (noun)

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The system of inheritance or succession by the first-born, specifically the eldest son

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Prophecy (noun)

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A prediction of what will happen in the future

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Regicide (noun)

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The action of killing a king

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Succession (noun)

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The action or process of inheriting a title

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Thane (noun)

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A man who held land granted by the King

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Treason (noun)

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The crime of betraying your country

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Unlineal (noun)

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Not of the family line

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Usurper (noun)

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A person who takes a position of power illegally