Vocab List 2 Flashcards

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Indignant

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To show anger or annoyance of an unfair treatment

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2
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Deliberating

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To engage any long and careful consideration

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3
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Evasive

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directed toward avoidance or escape

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4
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Falter

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Lack of confidence

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5
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Warrant

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An issue document by a legal official to search premises or make an arrest

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Plead/pleading

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To present and argue for

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7
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Strides

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To walk with long decisive steps

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8
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Indictment

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A formal charge or accusation of a serious crime

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9
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Remorseless

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Without regret or guilt

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10
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Deposition

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Testmony

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11
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Revelation

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A surprising and previously unknown fact especially one made in a dramatic way

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12
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Manifest

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Clear or obvious to the eye or mind

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13
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Conceal

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To hide or keep from sight

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14
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Contempt

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disregard for something that should be taken into account.

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Incredulously

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To look at or speak to someone like you can’t believe what is going on

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16
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Denounce

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Publicly declared to be wrong or evil

17
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Gaunt

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To lean and haggard because of suffering hunger or age

18
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Prevail

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To prove more powerful and than opposing forces

19
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Puritan

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Strict in regards to mortality