Vocabulary Test 4 Flashcards

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Nocturnal

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Occurring at night

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Penury

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Poverty

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Circumscribed

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Limited; confined

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Temperate

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Mild

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Ingenuous

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Candid and frank; naive; simple

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Venerable

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Commanding respect because of age, character, or rank

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Prime

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Best stage of a thing or process

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Fondly

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Foolishly

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Fate

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Destiny

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Lament

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To express grief over; to mourn

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Dominion

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Rule; authority

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Kingly

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Associated with or typical of a king

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Murmur

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Background noise

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Ere

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Before; in time

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Impudence

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Lack of shame

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Winsome

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Having a charming appearance or way

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Discretion

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Good judgement

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Inconstantly

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Changeably; in a fickle way

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Averred

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Stated to be true

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Sojourn

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Stay for a while

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Expiated

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Atoned for, especially by suffering

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Reverence

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Deep respect

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Sinuous

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Bending; winding

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Tumult

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Noisy commotion

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Chronicle

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Historical record of events in chronological order

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Prefiguring

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Foreshadowing

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Alters

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Changes

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Drama

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A form of literature that tells a story through performances

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Vales

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Valleys; depressed stretches of ground

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Immortal

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Living or lasting forever; not dying

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Symmetry

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Balanced, beautiful form; the beauty resulting from such balance

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Aspire

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Have high ambitions; yearn or seek after

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Sinews

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Tendons

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Sulk

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To show resentment by refusing to interact with others

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Recompense

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Payment for something

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Roused

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Stirred up

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Presumption

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Audacity; nerve

37
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Anatomize

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To dissect in order to examine a structure

38
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Sordid

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Dirty

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Stagnant

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Motionless; foul