word quiz 1 spring/summer Flashcards

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Calamity

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A great misfortune (disaster)

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Bulwark

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Any protection against external danger

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Disperse

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To send off in various directions

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Laden

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Burdened

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Pernicious

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Causing insidious harm

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Placid

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pleasantly calm

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Procure

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to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means

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Relic

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a surviving memorial of something from the past

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Relinquish

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to renounce or surrender

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salvage

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the act of saving a ship or its cargo from perils of the seas

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