Scarlet pimpernel Vocab Flashcards

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Seething

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extremely angry but unable or unwilling to express it clerly

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2
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Carnage

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The violent killing of a large numbers of people

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3
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Audacity

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a courage or confidence of a kind that other people find shocking or rude

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4
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impudent

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rude and not showing respect,especially toward someone who is older or in a more important position

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5
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sembalance

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an outward or token apperance or form that is deliberatly misleading

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6
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inherent

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existing as a natural and permanent quality of something or someone

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7
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peremptory

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expecting to be obeyed immediatly and unquestioningly

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8
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jovial

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behaving in a kind or pleasent way

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9
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effusive

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expressing welcome approval or pleasure with strong feeling

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10
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foppish

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of a man extremly intrested in his appearance and wearing decorative clothes

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11
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reprobate

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a person of bad charahcter and habits

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12
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enigmatic

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mysterious and impossible to understand completly

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13
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contemptible

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any qualtiy provoking scorn or a low standing in any scale of values

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14
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inane

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extremly silly or with no real meaning or importance

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15
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vehement

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expressing strong feelings in a heated or forcible way

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16
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bereft

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deprived of,without

17
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ardent

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whole hearted fervent enthusiaastic

18
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idyllic

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perfect wonderful idealized

19
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plebeian

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one of the common people

20
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prudent

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marked by wisdom