Words Flashcards by Maximus McKinley

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chastise

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scold, punish

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corporal

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physical, bodily

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disdaining

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ridiculing, showing contempt for

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harbinger

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warning, signali

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impedes

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prevents, hinders

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implored

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begged, beseeched

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peerless

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unique, matchless

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procreant

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fertile, fruitful

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prophetic

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making a prediction

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rapt

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absorbed, engrossed

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recompense

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payment, retribution

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repentance

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sorrow, remorse

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soliciting

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selling, persuading

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surmise

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guess, suppose

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augment

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enlarge, increase

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clamored

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made a lot of noise

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consort

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associate or partner with

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entreat

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request, implore

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largess

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generosity, charity

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malice

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hatred, hostility

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multitudinous

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plentiful, ample

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palpable

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touchable, tangible

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pretense

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excuse, evasion

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repose

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rest, relaxation

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suborned

bribed, urged secretly to do something illegal

temperate

moderate, calm

assailable

vulnerable, open to attack

blanched

whitened, paled

dauntless

fearless, unafraid

disposition

personality, character

incensed

enraged, infuriated

indissoluble

firm, unbreakable

infirmity

illness, sickness

jocund

cheerful, affable

malevolence

ill will, spite

mirth

jollity, gaiety

posterity

heris, future generations

purged

eliminated, cleansed

rancor

bitterness, hostility

rebuked

scolded, reprimanded

abjure

disregard, renounce

appease

calm, soothe

avaricious

greddy, acquisitive

credulous

naive, gullible

desolate

lonely, abandoned

detraction

backbiting, belittling

diminutive

tiny, miniture

impediments

obstacles, obstructions

interdiction

bam, taboo

judcious

thoughtful, sage

laudable

praiseworthy, commendable

reconciled

made friends, brought together

redress

make up for, atone

voluptuousness

desire for pleasure or indulgence

abhorred

despised, loathed

antidote

cure, remedy

brandished

shook, flourished

equivocation

lie, evasion

fortifies

strengthens, reinforces

industrious

busy, hard working

oblivious

careless, heedless

perilous

unsafe, hazardous

perturbation

distrubance, agitation

pristine

pure, natural

prowess

bavery, courage

recoil

flinch, retreat

speculative

theoretical, unproven

upbraid

scold, reprimand