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Vocab Words Lesson 11-21 > Vocab Words > Flashcards

Vocab Words Flashcards

1
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Pertinacity

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Stubbornness

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Irresolute

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Undecided ; wavering

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Contumacy

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A stubborn rebelliousness

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Obsequious

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Fawning

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Indefatigable

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Tireless

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Éclat

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Brilliant success

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Obdurate

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Heardhearted

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Dour

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Marked by harshness,sternness , or ill temper

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Stoic

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Unaffected by feelings

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Insatiable

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Impossible to Satisfy

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Prodigal

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Wastefully extravagant

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12
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Florid

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Flushed with rosy color

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13
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Myriad

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Referring to a large but undetermined number

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Replete

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Plentiful ; abounding

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15
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Avarice

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Extreme Greed

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Parsimony

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Extreme Stinginess

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Voluminous

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Having great volume, size or number

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18
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Inundate

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To overwhelm

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Austere

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Severe or stern ; somber

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Insatiable

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Impossible to Satisfy

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21
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Bilk

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To swindle money

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22
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Iniquity

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Wickedness

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23
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Impute

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To attribute the fault or responsibility to

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24
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Restitution

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Compensation for loss

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25
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Reprehensible

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Deserving of blame

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Vindicate

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To clear Blame

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Redress

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To right a wrong

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28
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Contrite

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Regretful

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29
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Adduce

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To cite an example of means of proof in augment

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30
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Confound

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To mix up

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31
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Conundrum

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A self- contradictory problem ; a dilemma

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32
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Equivocate

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To use evasive language to mislead

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33
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Perpicacity

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Sharpness ; acuteness of understanding

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34
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Patent

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Obvious ; plain

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35
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Consture

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To interpret

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36
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Cryptic

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Having hidden meaning

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37
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Paradox

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Something with contradictory aspects

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38
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Rudimentary

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Elementary ; basic

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39
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Unwonted

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Not habitual or ordinary ; unusual

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40
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Outlandish

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Strikingly bizarre

41
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Anomaly

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Something departing from normal form

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Aberrant

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Deviating form the expected course

43
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Incongruous

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Lacking in harmony

44
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Endemic

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Common in or unique to a certain location or population

45
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Eccentricity

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The quality of straying from what is conventional

46
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Mundane

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Commonplace

47
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Paragon

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Model perfection

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Ubiquitous

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Seeming to be everywhere at the same time

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Pinnacle

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Peak ; most successful point

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Obviate

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To make unnecessary

51
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Raze

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To level the ground

52
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Surmount

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To overcome

53
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Wrest

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To obtain by force or great effort

54
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Stultify

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To make useless or inffective

55
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Despoil

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To plunder

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Deleterious

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Harmful

57
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Effectual

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Fully adequate

58
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Sanguine

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Optimistic

59
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Tirade

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A long, angry speech

60
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Few

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To baffle

61
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Deplore

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To condemn

62
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Revel

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To make merry; to celebrate

63
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Mercurial

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Quick and changeable temperament; volatile

64
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Domineering

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Tyrannical

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Disconsolate

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Hopelessly dejected or sad

66
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Lachrymose

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Tearful

67
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Peaceful

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Halcyon

68
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Minuscule

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Tiny ; very small

69
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Wane

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To diminish in power or size

70
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Picayune

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Petty ; trivial

71
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Incalculable

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Beyond measurement

72
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Commodious

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Spacious

73
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Gamut

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The complete range of something

74
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Iota

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A tiny bit

75
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Lofty

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Elevated in character

76
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Vestige

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A visible trace

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Finite

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Having an ending or a boundary

78
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Timorous

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Apprehensive ; timid

79
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Clemency

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Mercy

80
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Ingrate

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An ungrateful person

81
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Heinous

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Evil ; abominable

82
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Piety

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Religious reverence

83
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Sacrilegious

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Extremely irreverent toward what is considered scared

84
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Sanctimony

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False show of righteousness

85
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Credo

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A statement of beliefs

86
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Apathetic

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Indifferent

87
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Sanctity

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Sacredness

88
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Consecrate

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To declare as holy

89
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Mecca

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A center of interest

90
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Berserk

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Destructively violent

91
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Trek

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A difficult journey

92
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Nabob

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A wealthy person

93
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Saga

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An epic tale

94
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Juggernaut

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An overwhelming force

95
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Kowtow

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To show servant - like submission ; to fawn

96
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Shibboleth

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A word or pronunciation that is particular to a certain group

97
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Jubilee

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a gala celebrating a fiftieth anniversary

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Maelstrom

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An unsettling or violent situation

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Audacious

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Daring, fearless

Vocab Words Lesson 11-21 (1 decks)

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