Words Flashcards
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Clamorous.
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noisy
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A ______ is a formal religious declaration.
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Doctrine.
3
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_____ applies to people who devote themselves to religious pursuits.
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Pious
4
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Arduous.
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Very difficult
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Asunder.
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Separated, torn apart.
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Deprived or robbed of something.
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Bereft.
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Doleful.
.
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Sorrowful.
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Fiend.
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An evil person.
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Succor.
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Relief or aid.
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Hewn.
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Cut with an ax.
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Quailed.
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Displaying fear.
12
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Recreant.
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Cowardly.
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Comely.
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Pleasing to look at. Attractive.
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Retinue.
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A number of attendants or retainers.
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Adroitly.
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In a clever or skillful manner.
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Assailed.
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To attack violently.
17
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Irascibility.
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easily provoked anger
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Affliction.
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Disease.
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imminent
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about to happen
20
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paradox
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contradiction
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Lament.
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Sorrow.
22
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repungant (Ree-pun—gant)
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resistant
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Calumnious. (Kah—lah—mee—nuhs)
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Harmful and untrue.
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Awry.
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Amiss.
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apparition
phantom
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reprove
criticize or correct the mistakes of someone
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accost
approach in a challenging or aggressive manner
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surfeit
satisfy a desire
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mollification
appeasement
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prattle
talk meaninglessly
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folly
act of foolishness
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Peevish
Ill-tempered.
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Dichotomy. (Die—kah—tah—mee)
A division into two.
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Depute.
To appoint someone to perform a task.
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plight
an unfortunate situation
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raiment
clothing
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contrive
to plan with cleverness
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revile
to criticize in an insulting manner
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hubbub
a chaotic and noisy din caused by a crowd
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upheaval
a violent or sudden change or disruption to something.
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turmoil
a state of great disturbance, confusion, or uncertainty.
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Conquest
Conquering.
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Devout.
totally committed to a cause or belief.
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Outspoken
talking in a free and honest way about your opinions
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abolish
put a end to
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conscience
sense of right and wrong
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_______ the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Syntax.
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An _______ is an implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or thing or to a part of another text.
Allusion.
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Idyllic.
Perfect.
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lucrative
profitable; moneymaking;
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Cyclic.
Something that happens repeatedly in the same order, or in cycles
Sick--lick
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Conducive.
Making a certain situation or outcome
likely or possible.
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Facilitate
to make something easier or to help cause something
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Regulate.
to control an activity or process by rules or a system.
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Flux.
the action or process of flowing or flowing out.
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reservoir
a place where something is kept in store; storage.
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the transformation of ice or snow directly into water vapor without melting into liquid water. It occurs only under certain weather conditions. This process is called _________.
sublimation
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porous
having minute spaces or holes through which liquid or air may pass.
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