Vocab 14 Flashcards

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abate

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to ease, to lessen

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abject

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no hope of relief

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atrophy

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to weaken from disuse

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clandestine

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secret, often illegal

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contrivance

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something cunning done to accomplish something

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debilitate

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to weaken

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decrepit

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old and worn out

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defenestration

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throwing someone out of a window

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disarticulation

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separating at the joints

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emollient

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a cream

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formulate

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to plan carefully and in detail

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fraught

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full of nervous anxiety; filled with dangers or complications

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gorge

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to greedily eat excessive amounts of something

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inoculate

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to make immune to a disease

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inopportune

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coming at a bad time

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lupine

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having to do with wolves

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macabre

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including dark, horrific elements and concerned with themes of death

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machination

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a cunning or complicated plot designed to achieve something particular

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malaise

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a general feeling of sickness

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recuperate

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to recover from illness or injury

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rigor mortis

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when a body goes stiff

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sanguinary

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having to do with blood

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sordid

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dirty, depressing

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supine

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lying on the back

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surreptitious

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done sneakily