Night: Chapter 1 General Vocabulary for Brainscape Flashcards

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castaway, homeless, emaciated, anorexic, thin, gaunt

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waif-like

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permissive, overly permissive, giving in, yielding

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indulgent

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everlasting, immortal, infinitude

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eternal

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foreigner, refugee, outlander, expatriot,

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deportee

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intimate, suggest, mention, purport, allude

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insinuate

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exodus, transplant, expatriation, defection

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emigration

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influx, input, entrance, entering

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immigration

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spiritual, splendid, sacred

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sublime

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commandment, precept, order, injunction, mandate

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edict

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daydream, fantasy, hallucination, self-deception, misapprehensio

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delusion

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incident, short story, narrative, yarn, sketch

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anecdote

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everlasting, never-ending,

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infinite

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fixed, limited, bounded, bordered

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finite

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absurd, bizarre, fanciful

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surreal

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expectant of good things, positive outlook

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optimism

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accompany, escort, usually for protection

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convoy