Vocabulary List #5 Flashcards

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A woman who violates the law or does evil.

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Malefactress

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Ashamed or embarrassed; disconcerted; affected by low self-esteem or self-confidence.

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Abashed

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Tending to vanish like vapor; fleeting; tending to become imperceptible; scarcely perceptible.

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Evanescent

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Disgraceful or dishonorable conduct; disgrace; public contempt.

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Ignominy

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Shamelessly bold; impudent.

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Brazen

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Wickedness; a violation of right or duty; a wicked act; a sin.

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Iniquity

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The face, usually with reference to shape, features, expression; countenance.

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Visage

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a scene that constantly changes; having a fantastic or deceptive appearance, as something in a dream or created by the imagination.

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Phantasmagoric

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A person who studies the origin and history of words.

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Etymologist

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To put and end to; to suppress.

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Ababte

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