vocab Flashcards
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inspiring admiration, awe, or fear
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formidable
2
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skillful slyness; craftiness
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guile
3
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having no interest in or concern for
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indifferent
4
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beg
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entreat
5
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to take revenge on behalf of
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avenge
6
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a sudden impulse or notion
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whim
7
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horrified
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appalled
8
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heavy in a clumsy way; bulky
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ponderous
9
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opponent; enemy
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adversary
10
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to refuse or reject scornfully
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disdain
11
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charming; pleasing
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beguiling
12
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secret or sneaky
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stealth
13
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trap
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snare
14
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evil; disgusting
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vile
15
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to be overpowered; surrender
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succumb
16
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a fighter
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contender
17
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luring; tempting
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enticing
18
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extremely sad
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disconsolate
19
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to scold mildly
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chide
20
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entertained or amused
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regaled
21
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in a hateful way; horribly
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abominably
22
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to lie hidden; ready to ambush
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lurk
23
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great disorder or confusion
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chaos
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cause of great suffering or destruction
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scourge
25
to become gradually less; diminish
dwindle
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danger; risk
peril
27
painful effort
travail
28
dreadful; terrible
dire
29
great physical or mental suffering; agony
anguish
30
journeying over, exploring
questing
31
to take control of by force
commandeer
32
an explanation or excuse for an action
justification
33
to rob of property by force; steal from
plunder
34
scornful boldness
gall
35
acting in a nervous or uncertain way
dithering
36
a wildly excited state of mind
frenzy
37
an event though to foretell good or evil; sign
omen
38
deserving of scorn or disdain; worthless
contemptible
39
most craft or sly; trickiest
williest
40
noisy merrymaking; festivity
revelry
41
a large gathering; crown
throng
42
a making good for loss or damage; repayment
restitution
43
impossible to soothe; unforgiving
implacable
44
distant; remote; standoffish
aloof
45
lonely grief; misery
desolation
