Word List 2 Flashcards

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Amiable

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Friendly

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Cartographer

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Person who makes maps

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Despondent

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Having no hope; miserable

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Expatriate

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Refugee; emigrant; someone living away from his own country

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Inadvertent

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Not intentional

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Luscious

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Juicy; moist; succulent

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Oust

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Push out of position

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Predecessor

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One who came before

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Sanguinary

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Bloodthirsty; bloody

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Tyro

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Novice; beginner

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Amity

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Friendship

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Castigate

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Scold strongly

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Destitution

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Hardship; poverty; misery

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Expedient

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Convenient; practical

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Incantation

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Chant; invocation; prayer

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Lynch

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Assassinate; kill; illegal hanging

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Overt

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Obvious; not hidden

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Predicament

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Dilemma; difficult situation

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Sanguine

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Optimistic; cheerful

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Ubiquitous

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Found everywhere; omnipresent