Vocab Week 3 Flashcards

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Something that does not fit into the normal order

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Anomaly (n.)

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2
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A waiting room

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Antechamber (n.)

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3
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Uneasiness

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Anxiety (n.)

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4
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A short saying

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Aphorism (n.)

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5
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Total devastation, the end of the world

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Apocalypse (n.)

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6
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Ghostly, spectral

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Apparitional (adj.)

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7
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One who settled controversy between two sides

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Arbitrator (n.)

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One who practices restraint as a means of self-discipline, usually religious

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Ascetic (n.)

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9
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To ease, pacify

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Assuage (v.)

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10
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To apologize, make amends

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Atone (v.)

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11
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Excessively bold

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Audacious (adj.)

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12
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To increase or make larger

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Augment (v.)

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13
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Very bare, bleak, simple

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Austere (adj.)

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14
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Harmful, threatening

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Baleful (adj.)

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15
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A poet, often a singer as well

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Bard (n.)

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16
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An assault or an array of similar things intended for use together

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Battery (n.)

17
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Contentious, ready to fight

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Belligerent ( adj.)

18
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Kind, good, caring

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Benevolent (adj.)

19
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Non-threatening, innocuous

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Benign (adj.)

20
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To scold severely

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Berate (v.)