Night Vocab Flashcards by Sarah Buchanan | Brainscape

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Emigrated

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V
To leave 1 country and settle in another

Syn:
Depart
Migrate

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Expulsion

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N
Act of driving out or expelling

Syn:
Banishment

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Expounded

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V
Explain in detail

Syn:
Clarify

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Lucidity

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N
Being easily understood

Syn:
Clearness
Clarity

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Sanctity

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N
Holiness/saintliness

Syn:
Blessedness
Asceticism

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Reprieve

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N
Relief of blame/responsibility

Syn:
Abatement

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Mysticism

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N
Beliefs, thought, or ideas of mystics

Syn:
Cabala. Cabalism

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Manacled

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N
Shackle/handcuff

Syn:
Bound
Chain

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Emaciated

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Adj
Thin/malnourished

Syn:
Bony

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Atonement

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N
Compensation for wrongs

Syn:
Amends
Penance

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Famished

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Adj
Extremely hungry

Syn:
Starving
Abstain

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Riveted

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N
Preoccupied/attentive to

Syn:
Absorbed

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Liquidated

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V
To settle/pay a debt

Syn:
Cash in
Pay

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Inert

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Adj
Having no power (of action)

Syn:
Impassive
Apathetic

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Plaintive

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Adj
Expressing sorrow

Syn:
Grievous

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