Vocab #10-12 Flashcards

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Apparition

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Ghost

Seeing something your not sure of

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Cloister

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A place of religious withdrawal

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Counterfeit

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Made in imitation

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Delta

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Mouth of a river
Fourth letter of Greek alphabet
Anything triangular

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5
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Fluent

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Spoken or written with ease

Flowing

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Gingerly

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Cautious, careful, wary

With great care or caution

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Heretic

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Someone who goes against the established teachings if the Church

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Lacerate

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To tear open, to cut open

To distress or torture mentally or emotionally, wound deeply

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Martyr

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Someone who dies for what they stand for

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10
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Pall

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Cloth for spreading over a coffin

Gloom

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Pious

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Very religious

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12
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Prudent

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Very wise, careful in decision

Judicious, provident

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Snub

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Upturned, short, to cut someone off

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Torpid

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Sluggish, slow, out-of-it, lethargic

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15
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Undoing

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What brings someone down

The bringing to destruction, ruin, disaster

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16
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Vouch

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To give insurance

To attest, guarantee, certify