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Vocabulary Flashcards

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Tyranny

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Cruel and oppressive government or rule

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Formidable

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Inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large, powerful, intense etc

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Sojourn

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A temporary stay

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Bond

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An agreement with legal force

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Commiserate

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Express or feel sympathy, or pity

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Precedent

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An earlier event or action that is regarded as an example or guide

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Pardon

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Forgive or excuse

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Persecution

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Hostility and ill-treatment

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Cherish

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To be fond of or be attached to

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Malice

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The intention or desire to do evil

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Preoccupation

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The state or condition of being preoccupied or being engrossed with something

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Benevolence

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Disposition to do good

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Auspicious

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Favorable

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Forfeit

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Lost or surrendered as a penalty for wrongdoing or neglect

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Abate

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Something perceived as hostile

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Confiscate

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Take or seize with authority

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Racism

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Distinguishing one race as inferior or superior to another

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Racial slur

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A derogatory or disrespectful respectful nickname for a racial group

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Scruple

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A feeling of doubt or hesitation

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Usery

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Practice of lending money with high rates of interest

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Malevolent

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Having or showing a wish to do evil to others

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Taciturn

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Saying little

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Cynical

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Believing that people are motivated by self interest. Distrustful of human integrity

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Prejudice

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Preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience

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Riveted

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Join or fasten with rivet or rivets

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Ducat

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A gold coin formerly current in most European countries

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Discrimination

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The unjust treatment of different categories of people or things

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Epitaph

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I statement written in memory of a person who has died

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Infidel

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Adhering to religion other than one’s own

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Acquit

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Free fro free from a criminal charge by verdict of not guilty

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Motif

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Returning theme in a story

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