The Sound and the Fury Vocab Flashcards by Daria Wonderlick

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reducto absurdum

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prove something by showing that its opposite is foolish or impossible

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obverse

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a counterpart or complement

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impervious

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incapable of being penetrated

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ubiquitous

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everywhere

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spurious

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false

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approbation

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praise or approval

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peripatetic

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travelling on foot

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canaille

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riffraff

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fecundity

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fertility or productivity

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niggardly

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miserly

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chimaera

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wild imagination or fancy

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vortex

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whirlpool

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acrimony

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bitterness

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cupola

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domed roof

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myriad

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a vast number

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apotheosis

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a glorified example

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blackguard

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scoundrel

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desiccate

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to dry out

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mote

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speck

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nefarious

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infamous because of extreme wickedness

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supine

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lying on one’s back

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sublimate

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to transform

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chicanery

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trickery

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fice dog

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small mongrel

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hant

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ghost

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chary

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wary or cautious

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timorous

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timid

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nether

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under or lower

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moribund

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about to die

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somnolent

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sleepy

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patina

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surface sheen

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querulous

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complaining or grumbling

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alacrity

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cheerful willingness

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sibilant

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producing hissing sounds

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unction

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balm or oil

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reft

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deprived

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immure

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to imprison

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implacable

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unappeasable

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succubus

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evil spirit or demon

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scudding

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skimming or wind-driven

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retrograde

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inverted or reversed

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corscations

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sparklings or glitterings

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immolation

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sacrifice

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abnegation

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giving up of one’s rights

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annealment

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strengthening or hardening

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exhume

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to remove from a grave

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peremptory

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imperative or dictatorial

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abject

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wretched or hopeless

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hiatus

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a gap or interruption

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claymore

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sword