Vocab 7 Flashcards

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Daunt

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To make afraid; to discourage

Syn: intimidate, dishearten

Any: encourage

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Gird

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To prepare for an event or an action

Syn: brace

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Flux

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A state of continual change or movement

Syn: fluntuation, shack
Ant; palace, healthy

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Hovel

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A wretched living place; an open shed

Syn: shanty, shack
Ant: palace,mansion

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Cadaverous

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Of or like a corpse; pale, gaunt, thin

Syn: ghostly
Ant: robust, healthy

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Gothic

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Of the Middle Ages; of or relating to a mysterious, grotesque, and desolate style of fiction

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Penury

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Extreme poverty

Syn: destitution
Ant: wealth, opulence

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Egress

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An exit; a means of going out

Syn: passage
Ant: ingress, entrance

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Felicity

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Happiness; bliss

Syn: euphoria
Ant: unhappiness, discontent

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Despot

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A dictator with absolute power

Syn: tyrant

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