Vocabulary Flashcards by Tee Naa | Brainscape

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Ascertaining

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To discover with certainty

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Fortitude

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courage in adversity

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Traversed

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travel across

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Gales

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A very strong wind

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Capitulated

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To surrender under specified conditions

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Paroxysm

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a sudden violent emotion

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Indefatigable

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persisting tirelessly

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Interment

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the burial of a corpse in a grave

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Penury

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extreme poverty

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Celestial

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Supremely good

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Immutable

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Not subject to change

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Panegyric

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Elaborate praise

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Dogmatism

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Arrogant, stubborn assertion of opinion

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Entreated

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ask someone anxiously to do something

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Protracted

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To draw out in time

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Spectre

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a ghost

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Remorse

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bitter regret

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Placid

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Undisturbed by disorder

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Exertion

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vigorous action

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Irksome

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Causing annoyance

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Conjectured

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form an opinion on the basis of incomplete information.

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Indelible

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making marks that cannot be removed

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Obliterated

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wipe out

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Ignominious

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causing disgrace

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Serenity

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the state of being calm

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Ecstasy

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extreme delight

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Fiend

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An evil spirit

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Pinnacle

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the highest point

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Innumerable

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too many to be counted

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Sustenance

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means of support

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Purloined

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steal

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Venerable

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impressive by reason of age

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Enigmatic

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difficult to interpret

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Amiable

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being friendly

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Scion

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a descendant of a notable family

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Immured

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confine (someone) against their will

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Asylum

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a shelter

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Deprecate

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to express disapproval

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Visage

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appearance of a person

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Rustic

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Lacking elegance

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Bliss

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perfect happiness

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Inconstant

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likely to change

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Impediment

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obstacle

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Precipice

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a very steep place

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Ennui

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a feeling of dissatisfaction

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Languid

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faint from illness

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Insuperable

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impossible to overcome.

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Sanguinary

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consisting of blood

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Magistrate

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A minor official

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Precarious

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dependent on chance

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Deranged

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make insane

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Presentiment

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a feeling that something is about to happen

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Obstinate

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not yielding to argument

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Intimidated

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frighten

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Omnipotence

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infinite in power

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Stigma

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a mark of disgrace