Night Vocabulary Flashcards

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Peril

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Immediate danger

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Indulgent

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Showing a tendency to be lenient or generous with someone

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Delusion

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false belief

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Indiscriminately

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In a random manner

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Pious

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very religious

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hysterical

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Showing extreme and unrestrained emotion

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Monocle

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Eyeglass for one eye

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8
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Altruistic

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Unselfish

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9
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Conscientious

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Always doing the right thing

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Imprudent

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Rash, not showing care for the consequences of an action

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Latrine

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A toilet or outhouse

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Lament

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passionate expression of grief or sorrow

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13
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Atonement

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reparation for offense

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14
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Emaciated

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Abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food

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transcend

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Be or go beyond the limits of

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16
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melancholy

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Feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause

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Poignant

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Evoking a sense of sadness or regret

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Inert

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Lacking ability or strength to move

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Prostrate

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lying stretched out with ones face downward