Vocab 14 Flashcards

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insult,outrage, offense to dignity

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Affront(N)

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strong desire, ambition, goal

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Aspiration (N)

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hinder, frustrate, thwart, place obstacle in the way of

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balk v

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no hope, depressing, gloomy, bleak

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bleak adj

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scatter, dissipate, break up or cause to break up

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disperse v

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twilight, evening, period of darkness prior to night

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dusk

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approve openly, support, back up with approval

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endorse v

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immeasurable, untold, numerous, too great

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incalculable ADJ

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suggest, imply, descrete imply

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insinuate V

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growstronger, strengthen, sharpen, deepen

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intensify V

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strip everything of, rob, plunder

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loot V

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seditious, rebellious, plot

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Mutinous ADJ

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making amends,repentant, contrite, remorseful

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penitent ADJ

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pov, viewpoint, standpoint

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Perspective N

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plundering, exploiting, rapacious, predatious

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predatory ADJ

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ridicule, bitterness, hurtful words

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sarcasm N

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restrain, fatter, to handcuff

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shackle V

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long and harsh speech, harangue, diatribe

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tirade N

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fearful unceartainty, apprehension, fright

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trepidation N

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foolish, brainless, lacking intelligence

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Witless ADJ