SHORT STORY UNIT - Vocabulary Flashcards
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Intrepid
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Fearless
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Prudence
A
Cautious wisdom
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Formidable
A
Frightening
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Immemorial
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Masters from a time beyond memory
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Gouted
A
Inflamed
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Uncanny
A
Weird
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Hideous
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Unpleasant
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Pantomime
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Ghastly sight
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Caricature
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Distortedly copied
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Martial
A
Warlike
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Untrammeled
A
Unhampered, free
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Florid
A
Richly colored
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Exuberant
A
High-spirited
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Self-communing
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Talking to oneself
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Decree
A
Law
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Impartial
A
Not favoring one more than another
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Emanated
A
Came from
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Amphitheatre
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Rows of seats around and rising above an oval arena
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Dire
A
Dreadful
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Retribution
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Punishment
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Tribunal
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Court
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Determinate
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Final
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Aesthetic
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Artistic
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Moiety
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Half; one of two parts
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Parapet
A low wall
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Impermanant
Not permanent
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Indoctrinate
Teach (a person or group) to accept a set of beliefs uncritically
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Fanaticism
Wild and excessive enthusiasm
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Symbolically
Representing another idea or action that cannot adequately be expressed in words
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Incommodious
Uncomfortable
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Pomposity
Self-importance
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Ominously
Threateningly
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Complacent
Self-satisfied
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Amatory
Relating to love
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Arrogance
Excessive pride
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Preposterous
Absurd, silly
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Obligatory
Binding, necessary, not subject to choice
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Inanimate malice
Non-living ill-will
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Subterfuge
Concealment, evasion
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Indulgent
Weakly lenient, ready to gratify the wishes of others
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Gambols
Playful games
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Reminiscent
Recollective, remembering
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Blasphemous
Irrelevant, profane
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Brazen
Shameless, insolent, disrespectful
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Daunt
To intimidate, to dismay
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Disconcerting
Upsetting, frustrating
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Dissolution
Disintegration, decomposition and dispersion
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Embellish
To decorate, to make beautiful with ornamentation
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Giddy
Dizzy
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Impetuous
Violent, rash, hasty, impulsive
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Monotomy
Sameness
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Reverie
Daydreaming
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Sagacious
Wise, shrewd, very discerning
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Vivid
Bright, distinct, clear
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Voluptuous
Pleasurable to the senses, sensuous
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Wanton
Immoral, lewd
