Vocab 12-8-20 Flashcards

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Assuage

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Verb

To make less intense or to relive

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Blasphemous

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Adj

Sacreligious against god or sacred things

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Celestial

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Adj

Relating to the sky or heaven, supremely good

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Dialogue

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Noun

A conversation between two or more people in a book or play

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Exuberant

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Adj

Filled with lively energy and excitement

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Heretic

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Noun

A person having beliefs that are opposite of accepted beliefs, especially in a religion

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Incorrigible

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Adj

Not able to except correction or change in behavior

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8
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Peevish

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Adj

easily irritated

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Portend

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Verb

To be a sign or a warning that something bad is about to happen

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Quash

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Verb

To reject or to stop something especially a legal procedure

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11
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Reticent

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Adj

To not share ones feelings or thoughts

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12
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Squalid

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Adj

Extremely dirty and unpleasant especially because of poverty

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Turbulent

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Adj

Characterized by conflict, disorder, confusion; stormy

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14
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Unorthodox

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Adj

Unusual or contrary to what is traditional

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Wrath

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Noun

Extreme anger or fury

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