vocab Flashcards by Nadia Zaripheh | Brainscape

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exile

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banish

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eloquence

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speech that is graceful and persuasive

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fickle

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changeable

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pensive

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deeply thoughtful

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vial

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small bottle containing medicine or other liquids

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enjoined

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instructed; ordered

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wayward

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headstrong; difficult to control

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dismal

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depressing; detestable

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loathsome

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disgusting; dreary

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remnants

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left overs; remainders

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penury

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extreme poverty

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disperse

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to break up and scatter in all direction

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haughty

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arrogant; showing superiority or contempt

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ambiguities

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statements or events whose meanings are unclear

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scourge

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instrument for inflicting punishment

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charnel

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a vault for the dead

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enmity

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a feeling of hostility of ill-will between shared enemies

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woe

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great sorrow or distress

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presage

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give a sign or warning of a future event; omen

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untimely

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before the natural or proper time