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Cataclysm

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A disaster, usually one that causes sudden and violent change

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Presentiment

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A feeling that something is about to happen

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Equanimity

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The ability to remain calm and assured

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Fortitude

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Firm courage or strength in mind in the face of pain or anger

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Pandemonium

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Wild disorder and uproar

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Tribulation

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Great misery or distress; suffering

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Convoluted

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Turned in or wound up upon itself; coiled; twisted

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Improvised

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Invented, composed, or done without preparing beforehand

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Taut

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Tense; tight

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Spasmodic

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Sudden, violent, and temporary

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Deftness

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The quality of being skillful and nimble

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Pent-up

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Not expressed or released; held in

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Reveling

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Taking great pleasure

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Unimpeded

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Not obstructed; unblocked

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Phenomena

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Facts, events, or conditions that can be known through the senses

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Pall

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A covering that darkens or conceals; atmosphere of gloom

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Ferocity

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Great fierceness; extreme intensity

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Tentative

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Not fully worked out; uncertain

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Spawn

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To bring forth; give birth

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Harass

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To bother or annoy repeatedly

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Makeshift

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Suitable as a temporary substitute for the proper or desired thing

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Vintage

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Characterized by enduring appeal; classic

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Decapitate

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To cut off the head of

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Relic

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An object that has survived decay, destruction, or the passage of time is valued for its historic interest

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Expendable

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Not strictly necessary; capable of being sacrificed without negative effect

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Correlate

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To bring into relation with another thing; calculate

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Paradox

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Something that seems illogical, contradictor, or absurd, but that in fact may be true

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Resilient

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Capable of springing back into shape or position after being bent, stretched, or compressed

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Primeval

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Of or having to do with the first or earliest age; primitive

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Verbal irony

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Saying one thing and meaning another

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Situational irony

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What happens is different from what is expected

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Dramatic irony

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The reader has important information that the characters do not have

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Profuse

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Great in amount; plentiful

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Dauntless

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Fearless; courageous; daring

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Sagacious

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Having or showing wisdom and good judgement

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Countenance

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The face

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Wanton

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Shamelessly unrestrained; immoral

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Appal

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To fill with horror or dismay; shock

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Spectral

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Ghostlike

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Blasphemous

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Showing disrespect or scorn for god or anything sacred

Honors English A (2 decks)

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