Vocabulary #2 Flashcards

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preclude

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(v.) to make impossible especially by taking action in advance

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impunity

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(n.) freedom from penalty or harm

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aperture

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(n.) an opening, such as a hole or gap

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subside

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(v.) to decrease in amount of intensity; settle down

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termination

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(n.) an end, limit, or edge

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repose

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(v.) to lie dead or at rest

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impose

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(v.) to be put in place by force

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immolation

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(n.) death or destruction

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avenge

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(v.) to get revenge or to get even

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vow

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(v./n.) to promise/a promise

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