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SHORT STORY UNIT - Vocabulary Flashcards

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Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
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Intrepid

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Fearless

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Prudence

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Cautious wisdom

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Formidable

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Frightening

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Immemorial

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Masters from a time beyond memory

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Gouted

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Inflamed

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Uncanny

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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

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Warlike

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Untrammeled

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Unhampered, free

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Florid

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Richly colored

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Exuberant

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High-spirited

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Self-communing

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Talking to oneself

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Decree

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Law

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Impartial

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Not favoring one more than another

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Emanated

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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

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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

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A low wall

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Impermanant

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Not permanent

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Indoctrinate

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Teach (a person or group) to accept a set of beliefs uncritically

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Fanaticism

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Wild and excessive enthusiasm

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Symbolically

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Representing another idea or action that cannot adequately be expressed in words

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Incommodious

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Uncomfortable

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Pomposity

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Self-importance

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Ominously

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Threateningly

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Complacent

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Self-satisfied

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Amatory

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Relating to love

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Arrogance

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Excessive pride

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Preposterous

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Absurd, silly

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Obligatory

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Binding, necessary, not subject to choice

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Inanimate malice

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Non-living ill-will

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Subterfuge

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Concealment, evasion

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Indulgent

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Weakly lenient, ready to gratify the wishes of others

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Gambols

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Playful games

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Reminiscent

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Recollective, remembering

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Blasphemous

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Irrelevant, profane

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Brazen

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Shameless, insolent, disrespectful

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Daunt

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To intimidate, to dismay

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Disconcerting

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Upsetting, frustrating

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Dissolution

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Disintegration, decomposition and dispersion

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Embellish

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To decorate, to make beautiful with ornamentation

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Giddy

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Dizzy

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Impetuous

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Violent, rash, hasty, impulsive

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Monotomy

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Sameness

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Reverie

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Daydreaming

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Sagacious

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Wise, shrewd, very discerning

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Vivid

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Bright, distinct, clear

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Voluptuous

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Pleasurable to the senses, sensuous

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Wanton

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Immoral, lewd

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