Scholarship Vocabulary Lesson 14 Flashcards

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Insult, outrage, offense to dignity

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Affront

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strong desire, ambition, goal

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Aspiration

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Hinder, frustrate, thwart, place obstacles in the way of

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Balk

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no hope, depressing, gloomy

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Bleak

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scatter, dissipate, break up or cause to break up

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Disperse

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twilight, evening, period prior to darkness at night

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Dusk

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approve openly, support, back up with approval

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Endorse

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immeasurable, untold, numerous, to great

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Incalculable

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suggest, imply, discretely imply

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Insinuate

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grow stronger, strengthen, sharpen, deepen

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Intensify

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strip of everything, Rob, plunder

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Loot

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seditious, rebellious, plot

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Mutinous

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making amends, repentant, contrite, remorseful

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Penitent

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point of view, viewpoint, standpoint, personal outlook

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Perspective

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plundering, exploiting, rapacious, predacious

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Predatory

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ridicule, bitterness, words that hurt

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Sarcasm

17
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restrain, fetter, to handcuff

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Shackle

18
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long and harsh speech, harangue, diatribe

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Tirade

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fearful uncertainty, apprehension, fright

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Trepidation

20
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foolish, brainless, lacking intelligence

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Witless