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Semester 1 Vocab (10th Grade) Flashcards

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Anthropomorphism

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Attribution of human characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomena

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Apotheosis

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Deification; exaltation to divine rank

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Appease

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To bring peace or calm to; to soothe

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Archetype

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A model or prototype; an ideal example of a type

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Atonement

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A making up for past wrongs

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Bane

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A cause of death, destruction, or ruin

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Beseech

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To request earnestly; to beg

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Exonerate

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To free from blame

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Expiate

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To make amends or reparations for; to atone

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Matriarchal

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Dominated by a female figure or authority

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Desolation

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Devastation or ruin; Dreariness or barrenness

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Slovenly

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Untidy or unclean in appearance or habits

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Churlish

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Of, resembling, or characteristic of a churl; vulgar; Marked by a lack of civility or graciousness; surly

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Listless

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Characterized by a lack of energy, interest, or spirit

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Curate

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A clergyman in charge of a parish

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Aut, Auto

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Self

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Am, Amor

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love; liking; friendliness

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Monomyth

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One story common to all cultures and peoples

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Monotheism

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The belief in only one god

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Patriarchal

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Dominated by a male figure or authority

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Penitence

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Regret for wrongdoings

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Pestilence

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A plague or disease

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Polytheism

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A worship of or belief in more than one god

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Precipice

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An overhanging or extremely steep mass of rock; a cliff

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Reconcile

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To restore to harmony; to resolve or settle

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Reticence

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The state or quality of being reserved or reluctant

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Servile

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Submissive or slavish

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Soliloquize

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To utter a soliloquy; to talk to oneself

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Impertinence

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The quality or state of being improperly bold or forward; insolence

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Misanthrope

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One who hates or mistrusts humankind

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Compel

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To force, drive, or constrain; to necessitate by pressure or by force

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Degradation

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The act or process of reducing in grade, rank, or status; A decline to a lower condition, quality, or level

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Cracy

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Government

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Anim

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Mind, will, spirit

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Ardor

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Fiery intensity of feelings

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Formidable

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Causing fear, apprehension, or dread

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Guile

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Treacherous cunning; skillful deceit

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Peril

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Exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger

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Plunder

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To rob of goods or valuables by open force

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Ponderous

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Of great weight; heavy; massive

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Profusion

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Abundance; a great quantity or amount

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Shun

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To avoid deliberately

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Tumult

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A general outbreak, riot, uprising, or other disorder

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Valor

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Boldness or determination in facing great danger

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Abode

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A place in which a person resides; An extended stay in a place

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Conjecture

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Inference or judgement based on incomplete evidence; to infer from inconclusive evidence

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Interloper

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One that interferes with the affairs of others, often for selfish reasons

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Vociferous

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Making, given to, or marked by noisy and vehement outcry

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Dem, Demo

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People

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Fin

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End, boundary, limit

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Parry

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to deflect, evade, or avoid

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Aloof

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Distant physically or emotionally; reversed and remote

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Contentious

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Given to contention; quarrelsome; argumentative

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Cower

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To cringe in fear

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Implacable

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Impossible to appease, satisfy, or soothe

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Impudence

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The quality of being offensively bold; offensively held behavior

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Insidious

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Intended to entrap; treacherous; Beguiling but harmful

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Rebuke

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To critics or reprove sharply; to reprimand

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Revelry

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Boisterous merrymaking

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Revulsion

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A feeling of violent disgust or loathing

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Supplication

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The act of asking for earnestly, as by praying or beseeching

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Expostulate

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To reason earnestly with someone in an effort to dissuade or correct them; to protest or dispute

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Prognosticate

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To predict or foretell; to foreshadow

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Poignant

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Profoundly moving; touching; near skillful and to the point

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Munificent

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Very liberal in giving; generous

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Deplorable

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Wretched or bad

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Pan

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All; complete

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Flu, fluc, flux

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Flow

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Abash

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To make ashamed or uneasy; disconcert

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Ardor

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Fiery intensity of feeling

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Contrive

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To plan with cleverness or ingenuity; devise

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Countenance

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Appearance, especially the expression of the face

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Indignation

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Anger aroused by something unjust, mean, or unworthy

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Insolent

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Presumptuous and insulting in manner or speech, arrogant

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Shrewd

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Marked by keen awareness, sharp intelligence, and often practicality

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Vex

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To annoy or bother

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Wily

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Full of wiles; cunning

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Wrathful

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Full of wrath; fiercely angry

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Flog

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To beat severely with a whip or rod

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Infernal

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Of or relating to a lower world of the dead; fiendish; diabolical

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Perdition

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Loss of the soul; eternal damnation

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Covetousness

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The state of extreme desire for that which belongs to another

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Propriety

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The state or quality of being proper

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Chron, Chrono

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Time

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Gen, Gener

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Birth, kind, class

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Agitation

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A state of excitement, disturbance, or worry

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Ewer

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A large jug or pitcher with a wide mouth

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Ignoble

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Dishonorable; base; despicable

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Indiscriminate

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Lacking discrimination or careful choice; random or promiscuous

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Perpetual

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Eternal; permanent

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Pious

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Having or expressing reverence for a god or gods; religious; devout

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Rapture

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The state of mind resulting from feelings of high emotion; joyous ecstasy

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Semblance

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Outward appearance, especially without any inner substance or reality

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Vengeance

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The act of or desire for taking revenge; retributive punishment

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Wretched

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In poor or pitiful circumstances; characterized by or causing misery

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Fiend

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A person who is extremely wicked, especially in being very cruel or brutal

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Coquette

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A woman who flirts

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Imprecation

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A malediction; curse

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Paragon

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A model of excellence; pattern

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Acquiesce

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To comply with; assent to without protest

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Propriety

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The quality or state of being appropriate, proper, or fitting

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Mania

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Madness

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Greg

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Herd or flock

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Brusquely

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Roughly, abruptly

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Derogatory

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Belittling, Condescending

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Imperiously

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Overbearingly; in a domineering way

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Mollify

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To soothe, pacify, or satisfy

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Morosely

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Gloomily, sullenly

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Ominously

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Threatening; in a way that suggests harm

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Pathos

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The quality an author achieves to bring sympathy to the reader

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Plaintively

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Sorrowfully, mournfully, sadly

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Pugnacious

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Quarrelsome; ready to fight

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Recumbent

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Leaning, reclining

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Elicit

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To give rise to; to evoke

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Fret

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To distress or be distressed; worry

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Epistle

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A letter, especially one that is long, formal, or didactic

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Deportment

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The manner in which a person behaves, especially in physical bearing

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Sanguine

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Cheerful and confident; optimistic

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Ped

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Child

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Here, hes

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Stick

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Alienation

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Withdrawal or detachment, as from one’s society

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Avert

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To turn away from

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Belligerently

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In a way that shows readiness to fight

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Bemused

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Lost in thought; preoccupied

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Contemptuously

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Without respect; scornfully

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Contorted

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Twisted

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Crestfallen

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Dejected, disheartened

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Derision

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Ridicule

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Euthanasia

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An easy and painless death

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Retort

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To reply quickly, sharply, wittily, or angrily

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Pertinacious

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Unyielding; stubborn or persistent

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Doleful

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Sorrowful; sad

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Paltry

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Insignificant; very small; worthless

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Evince

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To make evident; to show clearly

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Physiognomy

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The art of judging human character from facial features

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Ortho

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Straight, upright, correct

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Litera

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Written; of letters

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Abet

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To assist or encourage, especially in crime or wrongdoing

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Coerce

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To compel or restrain by force or authority without regard to individual wishes or desires

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Divulge

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To make known; to disclose

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Dogmatic

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Forcibly asserted as if authoritative and unchallengeable

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Extraneous

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Not essential, irrelevant

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Gregarious

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Enjoying the company of others, social

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Insipid

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Lacking spirit; boring

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Jaundiced

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Affected by or exhibiting envy, prejudiced, or hostility

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Meticulous

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Extremely careful and precise

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Temerity

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Fearless, daring

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Apathetic

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Having or showing little or no emotion; indifferent

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Adjuration

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A solemn and earnest appeal to someone to do something

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Diabolical

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Excruciatingly bad; outrageous

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Culpable

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Deserving censure; blameworthy

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Peruse

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To read or examine with care; study

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Gen, geno, genea

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Race, kind, birth

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Luc, lum

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Light

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