TEWWG Flashcards by jodie ho | Brainscape

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feather worn as an ornament

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plume

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eager to argue

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pugnacious

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so large as to be monstrous

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monstropolous

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holy place, refuge

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sanctum

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relaxed

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languid

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to impress or deceive with glamour

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beglamored

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cut (open)

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lacerating

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rebuke, reprimand

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reproofed

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cessation, conclusion

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dissolution

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speculation, guesswork

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conjecture

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disbelieving, skeptical

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incredulous

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audacity, nerve

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temerity

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fame, importance

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prominence

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bad-tempered, uncontrollable

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fractious

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initiative, resourcefulness

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gumption

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heavy, graceless, clumsy

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ponderous

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pretentious, loudly

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ostentatiously

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suggestions

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insinuation

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a complete change of form or appearance into a more beautiful or spiritual state

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transfiguration

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pointlessness, uselessness

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futility

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weakened, wasted away

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languished

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vagabond, vagrant

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transients

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desecration, profanity, blasphemy

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sacrilege

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lack sympathy

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insensate

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respect, honor

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homage

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the act of changing into a different form

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transmutation

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small shack

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shanties

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the action of asking or begging for something humbly

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supplication

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savagery, brutality

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ferocity