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Vocabulary 2 Flashcards

1
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Anthropomorphism

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Giving human characteristics or behaviour to animals or objects

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Diction

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The choice of words and phrases in a speech or text

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Paradox

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Contradiction

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Chagrined

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Feeling distressed or humiliated

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Bemused

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Puzzled and confused

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Invidious

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Unpleasant and undesirable

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Sullen

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Sulky

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Travails

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Labor or work

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Eccentric

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Unconventional or strange

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Clandestine

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Kept secret or done secretly

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Unrepentant

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Showing no regret for someone’s wrongdoings

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Brutishness

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Quality of being cruel

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Heedless

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Reckless lack of care or attention

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Debauchery

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Extreme indulgence in sex, drugs and alcohol

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Pragmatic

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Dealing with things realistically rather than theoretically

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Resentment

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Bitterness at being treated unfairly

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Anguish

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Great mental suffering or physical pain

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Liberated

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Free from constraint

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Inexorable

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Impossible to stop or prevent

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Eldritch

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Weird and ghostly

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Impious

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Showing lack of respect for God and Religion

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Insidious

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Progressing in subtle way but with very harmful effects

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Idyllic

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Extremely happy and peaceful

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Primordial

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Ancient

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Behemoth

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Huge monstrous creature

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Docility

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Quality of being easy to influence

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Autocratic

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Relating to a ruler who has absolute power

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Intricate

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Complex and detailed

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Epiphany

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Flash / Realisation

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Conscience

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Persons moral sense of right and wrong

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Amnesia

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Memory loss

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Fickle

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Changing frequently especially with loyalties and affections

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Dishevelment

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Being untidy

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Picturesque

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Visually attractive

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Catharsis

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Feeling better after letting out strong emotions

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Commiseration

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Showing sympathy or sharing someone’s sadness when they are going though a tough time

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Frivolous

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Something silly and not serious

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Ruminate

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Think deeply about something

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Condescending

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Showing an attitude that implies they’re superior

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Deadpan

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Deliberately showing no emotions

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Downtrodden

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Being treated badly by people in power

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Tormentors

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Person who inflicts severe suffering on someone

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Purgatory

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Place where souls are cleansed from sin before going to heaven

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Absurdity

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Ridiculousness

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Gluttony

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Greed

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Diminutive

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Extremely small

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Stature

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Height

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Apprehensive

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Anxious or fearful that something bad will happen

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Oblivious

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Unaware

50
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Manifesto

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A policy

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