R&J Vocab #3 Flashcards

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Abate

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To decrease in amount or degree

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Pensive

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Thoughtful, deep in thought in a sad way

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Culled

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To collect or gather

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Beguiled

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Cheated; deceived

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Digres

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Funeral songs

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Presage

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To forecast or predict

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Apothecary

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A druggist (pharmacist)

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Penury

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Extreme poverty

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Pestilence

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Disease

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Inexorable

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Unalterable; unchangeable

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Peruse

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Examine closely or carefully

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Abhorred

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Detested; despised

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Paramour

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Substitute love (person)

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Inauspicious

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Unlucky

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Descry

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To discover; to catch sight of

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