TheRoad Word Quiz Flashcards by Ida Lübeck | Brainscape

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Stark

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Harsh, grim, severe

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Barren

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Unfruitful, unproductive

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Murk

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Darkness, gloom

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Bleak

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Cold and piercing

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Opaque

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Not transparent

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Dogged

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Persistent, stubborn

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Peril

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Danger, risk

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Languor

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Lack of energy

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Uncanny

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Supernatural, mysterious

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Frailty

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Fragility, weakness

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Rank

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Strong- smelling

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Quaint

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Oddly charming

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Litany

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Ceremonial prayer

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Gorge

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A narrow canyon

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Mulch

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Half rotten vegetable matter, compost

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Venture

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Risky or adventurous mission

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Heathen

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Irreligious, uncivilized

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Feral

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Wild

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Rein

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Restraint, control, keep something in check

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Provenance

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Origin

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Passable

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Adequate, acceptable

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Outlandish

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Strange, odd

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Emaciation

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Abnormal thinness caused by malnutrition

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Sinister

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Threatening, evil

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Rummage

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To search thoroughly and actively

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Anointing

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To make sacred in ceremony that includes applying of oil

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Evoke

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To call up, produce

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Embers

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Smoldering remains of a fire

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Remnants

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Remaining parts

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Oblivion

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State of being completely forgotten

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Consort

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A group

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Phalanx

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A group of people

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Bedlam

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State of wild uproar and confusion

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Ascending

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Moving upward

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Ample

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Sufficient, more than enough

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Hearth

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Floor of a fireplace

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Stifle

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To suppress, withhold

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Veer

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To change direction

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Illucid

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Not shining, not bright

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Warily

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In a watchful/ cautious way

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Vile

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Repulsive, disgusting

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Subside

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To become less violent

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Secular

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Constant

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To pore

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Read or study with steady attention

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Kin

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Relatives

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Caustic

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Capable of burning, corroding, or destroy living tissue

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Disband

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Broke up, dissolved

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Haggard

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Worn, exhausted

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Gait

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Manner of walking

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Wretched

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Miserable

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Leaden

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Of dull grey color

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Verdigris

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A green or bluish lauds formed on cooper, brass, or bronze

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Myriad

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A very great number

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Disinterred

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Unearthed, dug up

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Vast

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Enormous, immense