Unit 3: The Pearl- Vocabulary Flashcards
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cleft
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split
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escarpment
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a steep slope
3
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intercession
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to intervene between two parties. A prayer or petition in favor of another
4
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malignant
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to produce an end or death
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monolithic
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whole, one, singular
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covey
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a small flock
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plaintive
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expressive of suffering or woe: melancholy
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avarice
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excessive or unstable desire for wealth or gain: greediness
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indigent
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totally lacking in something specified
10
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poultice
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a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to lessions or sores
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undulate
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wavy, rise and fall, motion of a wave
12
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deft
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characterized by facility and skill/ skillful
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dissembling
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to hide under a false appearance, to put on the appearance of
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furtive
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expressive of stealth
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judicious
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having, exercising, or characterized by sound judgement
