Week 7&8 Flashcards

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Tremulously

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(adv) fearfully; timidly

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Reverential

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(adj) caused by a feeling of deep respect and love

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Epitaph

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(n) inscription on a tomb stone or grave marker

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Degenerate

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(n) morally corrupt

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5
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Repose

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(n) state of being at rest

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Salient

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(adj) standing out from the rest

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Myriad

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(adj) countless

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Guile

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(n) craftiness

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Stark

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(adj) stiff or rigid as a corpse; severe

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Tempest

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(n) violent storm

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Malingered

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(v) pretends to be ill

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Commiseration

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(n) sympathy

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Contrition

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(n) remorse for having done wrong

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Antagonism

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(n) hostility

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Retrospective

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(n) looking back on or directed to the past

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Manuscript

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(n) document submitted to a publisher

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Digress

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(v) depart temporarily from the main subject

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Elusive

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(adj) hard to grasp

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Revelation

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(n) an enlightening or astonishing disclosure

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Repression

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(n) restraint