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vocab Flashcards

1
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to burden or weigh down somebody or soemthing

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Encumber

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2
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A short personal account of an incident or event

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Ancedote

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3
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to steal goods using force especially during war

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pillage

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4
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A thin fragile appearance; look needy

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waiflike

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5
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Not important

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insignificant

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6
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Firmly held belief

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Conviction

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7
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An important process to enter into a group

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Initiation

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8
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Likely to cause a contagious disease or to be infected with one

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pestilention

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9
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A building where bodies are incinerated

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Crematory

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10
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The quality, or having to do with God and the divine

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Divinity

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11
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A baton carried as a symbol of rank: an officer club

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Trucheon

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12
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So wicked or cruel as to be worthy of hell

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Infernal

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13
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To act or compose something with little to no preparation

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Improvise

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14
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Trustees or guards chosen out of the prisones

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Kapos

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15
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To give into someones wishes, to humor someone

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Indulgently

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16
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Not emotional or unaffected by emotion

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Unsentimental

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17
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Clarity of speech or thought

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Lucidity

18
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Air-tight

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Hermetically

19
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To recognize others rights to have different ideas and belifes

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Tolerate

20
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Well-Known for some undesirable feature or quality

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Notorius

21
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personal communication with the divine

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misticsm

22
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the forcing out of something or somebody form something

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expulsion

23
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imposing harsh or cruel form of domination

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oppresive

24
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to criticize somebody or question in a forceful aggressive way

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harang

25
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something that indicates an atmosphere or mood

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Barometefr

26
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People unable to care for themselves due to weakness or illness

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invalids

27
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kindness or compassion for others

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humanity

28
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occurring at night

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nocturnal

29
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extremely confused

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bewildered

30
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causing a liquid to thicken or solidify

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congealing

31
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In a continuing, persisting, or recurring way

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unremittingly

32
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large vehicles for transporting goods by road

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lorries

33
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somebody who supports a system of government characterized by a dictatorship

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fascist

34
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somebody who has been or is waiting to be deported

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deportee

35
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An area of a city lived in by minority group often times with poor conditions

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Ghetto

36
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extremely repugnant or offensive

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Abominable

37
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Uninteresting or boring

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monotonous

38
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extreme anxiety or emotional torment

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anguish

39
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wise and knowledgeable

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sage

40
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devoutly religious

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pios

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