10 Flashcards
(40 cards)
1
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astringent
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stern, harsh, or severe
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bereave
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left alone
3
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calamity
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disaster; misery
4
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citadel
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fortress
5
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confrontation
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act of facing someone or something; encounter
6
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deify
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turn into a god; idolize
7
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didactic
A
teaching; instructional
8
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distend
A
expand; swell out
9
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emasculate
A
to weaken
10
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eschew
A
avoid
11
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flagrant
A
outrageous
12
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gait
A
manner of walking or running; speed
13
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hale
A
having good health, vigorous
14
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impassable
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not able to be travelled or crossed
15
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incarcerate
A
imprision
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infinitesimal
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exceedingly small; so small as to be almost nonexistent
17
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introspective
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looking within oneself
18
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lampoon
A
ridicule
19
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magnanimous
A
generous; great-hearted
20
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minute
A
extremely small
21
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narcissism
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inordinate fascination with oneself
22
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pan
A
criticize harshly
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permeate
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pass through; spread
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plentitude
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abundance; completeness
25
presage
foretell
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protrude
stick out
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rampant
growing in profusion; unrestrained
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relent
give in
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scant
very little or not much; barely sufficient; meager
30
stoke
stir up a fire; feed plentifully
31
acrid
sharp; bitterly pungent
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anachronistic
having an error involving time in a story
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astringent
binding; causing contraction
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calculated
deliberately planned; likely
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clamor
noise
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congeal
freeze; coagulate
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countermand
cancel; revoke
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deign
to believe something to be beneath one's dignity; to condescend
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difference
shyness
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distill
refine
