Part 1 Vocab Flashcards by Sabrina Galvan | Brainscape

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Aversion

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Strong dislike

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Babble

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Confused sounds, babbling

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Dubious

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Questionable, doubtful

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Elicit

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Evoke, draw out

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Flat

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Apartment or suite on a single floor

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Gaunt

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Haggard grim, excessively thin

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Guillotine

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Instrument of beheading via a large metal blade

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Imperceptible

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Subtle, not noticeable

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Inexorable

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Unrelenting, refusing to stop

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Infirmity

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Illness, weakness

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Ingenuousness

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Innocence, naivety

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Moore

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Muslim of mixed Arab and Berber decent

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Odious

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Offensive, disgusting

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Parricide

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The murder of one or both of one’s parents

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Plaintive

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Melancholy, sad, mournful

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Retching

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Vomiting, heaving

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Taciturn

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Silent, reserved

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Vexation

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Annoyance, something that puzzles or confuses

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Vendetta

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Blood died that causes relatives to seek revenge

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Voraciously

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Ravenously, hungrily