Words Flashcards

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Beseech

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To beg for

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Beetling

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To make ones way, walking like a beetle

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Creditor

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A person to which money is owed

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Defiance

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Open resistance to authority

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Detestation

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Hatred

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Dominion

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A place of supreme authority or rule

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Dwindle

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To become gradually less until little remains

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Essence

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The things that make things what they are

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Faltered

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Unsteady in purpose or in action because of a loss of self confidence

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Flaunting

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Making a show or display in an act of showing off

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Foreshadow

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To present an indication or suggestion of beforehand

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Immortal

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Lasting forever

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Inexorable

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Relentless, inflexible

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Infamous

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Being famous for a bad reputation

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Intercede

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To plead on another’s behalf

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Obscure

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Not well known

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Penetrated

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Entered

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Plunder

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Stolen goods or loot

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Reconciled

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Adjust, make correct

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Reek

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To give off a bad odor

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Relenting

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Becoming less severe

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Repent

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To resolve of sin

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Repulse

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To drive back , to rebuff with rudeness

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Revered

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To regard with awe. Difference and emotion

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Scanty

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Hardly sufficient or adequate

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Slipshod

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Marked with carelessness or sloppiness

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Strive

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To exert much energy or effort; endeavor

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Tarry

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To delay or be late in going, coming, or doing