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Pearl Vocabulary Flashcards

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Indigent

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Adj

Poor, lacking, needy

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Parable

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N

A short story to teach lesson

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Supplicant

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N

Someone who prays humbly

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Speculatively

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Adj

Pertaining to the nature of or characterized by speculation

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Estuary

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N

Mouth of river that meets sea

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Furtive

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Adj

Taken, done, used

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Plaintively

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Adj

Expressing sorrow, mournful

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Bulwark

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N

Wall/fence of defense

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Avarice

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Insatiable greed for riches

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Incandescent

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N

Emission of visible light from a body from high heat

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Cozened

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V

To cheat

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Consecrated

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Declared sacred

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Subjugation

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N

Being in control

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Clamored

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N

Loud uproar

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Undulating

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V

To move with wavelike motion

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Benediction

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N

Utterance of good wishes

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Dissembling

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V

To give false/misleading appearance to conceal truth

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Lucent

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Adj

Shining

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Semblance

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N

Outward aspect or appearance

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Percipitated

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V

To hasten the occurrence of something

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Countenanced

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V

To permit or tolerate

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Keening

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N

Person who is smart

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Stalwart

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Adj

Strongly and stoutly built

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Edifice

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N

Large building

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Searing

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V

To burn or char suface

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Coagulating

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V

To change from fluid to thickened solid mass/ curdle

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Lethargy

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N

The quality or state of being drowsy and dull

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Collusion

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N

Secret agreement

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Legerdemain

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N

Sight of hand

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Escarpment

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N

Long precipitous cliff like ridge of land formed by faulting/ fracturing crust

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Germane

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Adj

Closely or significantly related

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Guttural

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Adj

Pertaining to the throat

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Petulant

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Adj

Moved to or shaming sudden/impatient irritation

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Intercession

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N

An act of instance of imposing in behalf of a person in trouble

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Irresolution

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N

Lack of decision

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Pivoting

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V

To suddenly turn in a different direction from the one before the action occurred

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Malignant

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Adj

Disposed to cause harm deliberately

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Monolithic

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Adj
Pertaining to an obelisk column large in
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