Vocab 4-6 English Flashcards
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impervious
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not permitting penetration or passage
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holocaust
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a great or complete devastation or destruction, especially by fire
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impetus
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a moving force
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jeopardy
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hazard or risk of or exposure to loss
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meticulous
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taking or showing extreme care about minute details
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nostalgia
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a wistful desire to return to a former time in one’s life
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quintessence
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the pure and concentrated essence of a substance
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retrogress
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to go backward into an earlier and usually worse condition
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scrutinzie
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to examine in detail with careful or critical attention
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tepid
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moderately warm
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adversary
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a person, group, or force that opposes or attacks
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alienate
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to make indifferent or hostile
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artifice
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a clever trick or stratagem
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coerce
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to compel by force
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craven
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cowardly
