T.S.L 1-12 Vocab Flashcards

1
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Augur

A

to fortell

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2
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Contumely

A

a scornful insult

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3
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Ignominious

A

Shameful

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3
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Exhort

A

to urge strongly

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4
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Infamy

A

disgrace

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5
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Intervolution

A

a twisting or coiling

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6
Q

Malefactress

A

a female evildoer

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7
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Phantasmagoric

A

like a rapidly changing series of pictures

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7
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Mountebank

A

a person who makes false claims; charlatan

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8
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Pillory

A

a device with holes for heads and hands, used to publicly humiliate wrongdoers

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9
Q

Physiognomy

A

a face

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10
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Remonstrance

A

a complaint, protest

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11
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Requital

A

repayment

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12
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Sable

A

black; dark

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13
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Wreak

A

to give vent, as anger

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13
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Talisman

A

a symbol that has magic powers

14
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Sepulchre

A

a grave; tomb

15
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Effacious

A

effective

16
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Tremulous

A

trembling; quivering

17
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Presentiment

A

a feeling that something bad is going to happen

17
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Emaciated

A

wasting away; abnormally thin

18
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Emissary

A

an agent or person on a specific mission

18
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Lurid

A

vivid in a shocking way

19
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Impalpable

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that cannot be touched or felt

20
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Pentintential

A

ashamed for have done wrong

21
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Scurrilous

A

vulgar; abusive

21
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Undissasembled

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showing ones true feelings; unhidden

21
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Scourge

A

to whip; punish