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The Crucible Flashcards

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Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
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Theocracy

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Government of a state by immediate

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Licentious

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Lacking moral restraint

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Predilection

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(N) pre existing preference

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Ingratiating

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(Adj) charming or flattering

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5
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Junta

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(N) assembly or council

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Dissembling

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(N) disguising one’s real nature or motives

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Calumny

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(N) false accusation; slander

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Inculcation

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(N) teaching by repetition and urging

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Propitiation

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(N) action designed to soothe or satisfy a person, cause, etc.

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Fetishes

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(N) objects believed to have magical power

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Klatches

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(N) informal gatherings

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12
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Pallor

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(N) paleness

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13
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Ameliorate

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(V) make better

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Avidly

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(Adv) eagerly

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Deference

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(N) courteous regard or respect

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Theology

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(N) the study of religion

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Qual

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(V) cringe from

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Gingerly

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(Adv) cautiously

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Abomination

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(N) something that causes great horror or disgust

20
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Blasphemy

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(N) sinful act or remark

21
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Contentious

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(ADJ) argumentative

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Deposition

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(N) the testimony of a witness made under oath but not in open court

23
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Imperceptible

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(Adj) barely noticeable

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Deferentially

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(Adv) in a manner that bows to another’s wishes, very respectfully

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Anonymity

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(N) the condition of being unknown

26
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Prodigious

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(Adj) of great size, power, or extent

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Effrontery

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(N) shameless boldness

28
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Confounded

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(V) confused; dismayed

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Incredulously

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(Adv) skeptically

30
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Blanched

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(Adj) paled, whitened

31
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Agape

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(Adj) wide open

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Conciliatory

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(Adj) tending to soothe anger

33
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Beguile

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(V) trick

34
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Floundering

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(N) awkward struggling

35
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Retaliation

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(N) act of returning an injury or wrong

36
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Adamant

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(Adj) firm; unyielding

37
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Cleave

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(V) adhere; cling

38
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Sibilance

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(N) hissing sound

39
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Tantalized

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(Adj) tormented; frustrated

40
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Purged

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(V) cleansed

41
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Base

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Lacks morals, dishonorable, worthless-low, mean

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