night Flashcards by caroline obyrne

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apathy

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lack of emotion or feeling

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anecdotes

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short humorous stories

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bereaved

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left alone by death

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blandishments

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coaxings by flattery

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constraint

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restriction

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contagion

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a harmful influence

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canvalesce

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return to health after an illness

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convoy

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a group of vehicles traveling together

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devoid

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completely lacking or empty

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deportees

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those being expelled from a country

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dregs

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the least desirable portions

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elapsed

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passed as in time

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emaciated

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made thin due to starvation

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emigration

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leaving one area to settle in another

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encumbered

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hindered restricted

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evacuation

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withdrawing troops or civilians

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feeble

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lacking strength weak

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frenzy

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violent mental agitation or wild excitement

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hermetic

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sealed against the entry or escape of air

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lamentation

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grief mourning

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livid

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ashen pale or faint

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lucidity

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clear understanding

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melancholy

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sadness depression

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monocle

A

an eyeglass for one eye

notorious

known unfavorably

pestilentia

likely to cause an epidemic disease

plaintive

expressing sorrow

profoundly

absolutely deeply

provisions

necessary supplies such as food

raucous

boisterous and disorderly

recesses

remote secret places

relentlessly

steadily persistently

sabotage

treacherous action to defeat a cause

surname

family name

tether

the limit of one's resources or endurance

thrash

beat hit

torment

to cause physical pain or mental anguish

treatise

written discussion of topic

vitality

vigor energy

void

emptiness