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Shakespeare Stealer Flashcards

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a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause.

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Melancholy

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Annoyed,frustrated.

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Vexed

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a period of two weeks.

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Fortnight

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a rebuke, especially an official one.

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Reprimand

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cold and miserable.

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Bleak

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a thin, light, sharp-pointed sword used for thrusting.

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Rapier

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stay in a place longer than necessary, typically because of a reluctance to leave.

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Lingered

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calm and peaceful, with little movement or activity.

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Placid

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Losing hope

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Despaired

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a slender candle.

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Taper

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(of a person or their grief) not able to be comforted or alleviated.

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Inconsolable

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the feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one’s consideration or respect; contempt.

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Disdain

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Thinking your the best

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Arrogance

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not having or showing the necessary skills to do something successfully.

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Incompetent

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make (a place) bleakly and depressingly empty or bare.

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Desolate

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To show off

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Ostentatious

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Push

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Brusquely

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Polite

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Civility

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Determine

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Resolutely

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remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree.

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Prodigious

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giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen

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Sinister

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physically strong; muscular

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Brawny

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taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret

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Furtively

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bad-tempered and sulky; gloomy

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Sulleny

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fail to resist (pressure, temptation, or some other negative force

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Succumbed

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seemingly difficult to deal with in anticipation; intimidating.

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Daunting

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Quick wand no details

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Cursoy

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engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought.

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Pensive

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approach and address (someone) boldly or aggressively.

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Accost

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A situation that requires a choice between options that are or seem equally unfavorable or unsatisfactory.

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Dilemma

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a loud and confused noise, especially that of people shouting vehemently.

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Clamor

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feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment.

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Indignant

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full of danger or risk.

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Perilous

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frown in an angry or bad-tempered way.

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Scowling

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cause to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain.

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Corrupted

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the action or practice of deceiving someone by concealing or misrepresenting the truth.

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Deceit

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seemingly absurd or self-contradictory.

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Paradoxical

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Strong

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Wiry

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Sad

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Forlorn

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not securely held or in position

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Precarious

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