Vocab Short Stories Flashcards by Brody Steele | Brainscape

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Infallibility

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The quality of being trustworthy (N)

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Evanesce

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Evaporate, vanish (V)

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Perfunctory

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Performed merely as a routine daily (ADJ)

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Ruse

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An action intended to trick, or decieve (N)

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Placid

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Pleasantly calm or peaceful (ADJ)

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Vigilance

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Alertness (N)

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Moiety

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either one of two halves (N)

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Palpable

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Seeming as if it could be touched (ADJ)

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Ennui

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Existential boredom (N)

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Affable

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Charcterized by ease and friendliness (ADJ)

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Allusion

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An indirect reference (N)

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Impunity

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Exemption from punishment (N)

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Immolation

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Sacrifice, often by fire (N)

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Connoisseur

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a person with special knowledge or appreciation of a field (N)

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Catacomb

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An underground cemetary (N)

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Fetter

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to Chain (V)

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