Vocabulary Quiz #2 11/22 Flashcards

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Impassioned

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Adjective
Filled with passion or zeal; with great energy or enthusiasm

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Premonition

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Noun
Previous warning or notice; foreshadowing or forewarning; anticipation of a future event

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Dissolution

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Noun
Termination or destruction by breaking down, disrupting, or dispersing; removing or ending something

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Imperceptibly

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Adverb
Not noticeable by a sense or by the mind; subtle, gradual, undetectable

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Contrite

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Adjective
Feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for poor behavior/actions

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Jeer

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Verb
To speak with mocking and insulting remarks; to taunt

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Discordant

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Adjective
Disagreeing, quarrelsome; being at odds

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Raucously

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Adverb
Disagreeably harsh; rough or harsh in sound; loud, disordered

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Billowed

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Verb
To rise or roll in waves or surges; to swell out due to wind; to move or flow outward

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Gingerly

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Adverb
Cautiously and carefully moving; using extreme care in one’s actions

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Folly

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Noun
Foolish act or idea; having a lack of good sense; you MAKE or HAVE a folly

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Stupor

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Noun
A condition of greatly dulled; or completely suspended; sense or ability; a daze

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