Vocab Flashcards

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Cataclysm

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A disaster, one that usually causes sudden and violent change

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Presentiment

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A feeling that something is about to happen

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3
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Equanimity

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The ability to remain calm and assured

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4
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Fortitude

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Firm courage or strength of mind in the face of pain or danger

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5
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Pandemonium

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Wild disorder and uproar

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Tribulation

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Great misery or distress

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7
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Expendable

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Not strictly necessary. Capable of being sacrificed.

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Correlate

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To bring one thing in relation with another thing

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Paradox

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Something that seems illogical, contradictory, or absurd but may be true

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10
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Resilient

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Capable of springing back into shape or position after being bent, stretched, or compressed.

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11
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Primeval

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Having to do with the earliest age

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12
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Profuse

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Great in amount

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13
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Dauntless

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Fearless, courageous, daring

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14
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Sagacious

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Having or showing wisdom and good judgment

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15
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Countenance

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The face

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16
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Wanton

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Shamelessly, unrestrained, immoral

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Appal

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To fill with horror or dismay

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Spectral

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Ghostlike

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Blasphemous

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Showing disrespect or scorn for god or anything sacred.

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Phenomena

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Facts, events, or conditions that can be known through the senses

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Pall

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Covering the darkness or conceals. Atmosphere of gloom

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Ferocity

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Great fierceness

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Tentative

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Not fully worked out

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Spawn

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To bring forth