Night Flashcards

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Queue

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A line

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Manacle

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A shackle or handcuff

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3
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Premonition

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A forewarning

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Truncheon

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A baton or club

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5
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Leprous

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A disease, a loss of sensation with eventual paralysis, a morally or spiritually harmful influence

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Contagion

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A contagious influence, quality or nature

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Edict

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An order or command

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8
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Pillage

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To loot or plunder

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Beastial

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Brutal; beast like

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10
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Emaciated

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To waste away

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11
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Expound

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To state or explain

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12
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Firmament

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Sky or heavens

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13
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Wizened

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To become dry, shrunken or wrinkled

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14
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Anitsemitism

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Discrimination against Jews

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15
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Embarkation

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To go aboard, to make a start

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Autobiographical

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A biography written by the person

17
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Encumbrance

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Impediment; burden

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Memoir

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Autobiography written by the person

19
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Indeterminate

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Vague, not fixed

20
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Dehumanize

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To deprive of human qualities

21
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Rivet

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To attract, to hold, fasten

22
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Blandishments

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Coax, cajole

23
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Semblance

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Outward appearance

24
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Vigilance

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Alertness

25
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Compatriot

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Countrymen