Montana 1948 Flashcards

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Furies

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Noun in Greek and Roman mythology, spirits who pursue people who have committed crimes, sometimes driving them mad

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Stoicism

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Noun calm indifference to pleasure or pain

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Contrition

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Noun deep feelings of guilt and repentance

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Meek

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Adjective quiet and gentle and easily imposed on submissive

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5
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Exaltation

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Noun elation of mind or feeling rapture

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Lilting

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Adjective a Cheerful or lively manner of speaking

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Indelible

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Adjective making marks that cannot be erased

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Synapse

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Noun a region where nerve impulses are transmitted and received

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Mundane

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Adjective common ordinary banal relating to this earth

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Self effacing

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Adjective shy or keeping oneself to the background

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Contention

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Noun strife in debate dispute controversy

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Malleable

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Adjective easily adaptable it shape able

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Ostensible

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Adjective apparent evident seeming that way on the outside

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Affable

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Adjective friendly pleasant at ease

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Taciturn

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Adjective silent in a very stern way

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Fealty

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Adjective fidelity faithfulness loyalty

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Beseeching

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Verb to beg eagerly for

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Regalia

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Noun decorations insignia or ceremonial clothes

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Perpetrate

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Verb to commit usually a crime

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Pallor

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Noun extremely pale

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Macabre

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Adjective gruesome and horrifying ghastly horrible

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Forlorn

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Adjective desolate or dreary unhappy or miserable

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Amorphous

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Adjective vague and shapeless