Vocabulary Quiz Flashcards

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Bereft

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Deprived, struggling

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Barrow

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A hill

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Cairn

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A heap on stone set up as a landmark, monument, or tombstone

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Chalice

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A drinking cup

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Charlatan

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A person who pretends to have more knowledge than they really possess

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Compunction

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A feeling of anxiety caused by the guilt of doing something wrong.

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Conciliatory

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Appeasing

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Equitable

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Equality and fairness

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Feckless

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Lazy, irresponsible

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Hecatomb

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A sacrifice

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Impunity

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Immunity

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Incense

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Angry

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Miscreant

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A villian

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Pall

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A cloth usually of velvet spreading over a coffin.

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Plausible

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Truth, possible, worthy

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Propitiate

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Appease, to be favorited

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Reconnoiter

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To inspect or survey

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Refute

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To prove false

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Suppliant

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One who prays to the gods asking for supplies and other needs.

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Transgress

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To pass over or go beyond.