Week Twenty One Vocab Flashcards
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beleaguer
(transitive verb) - to set upon from all sides; to surround with an army
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Synonyms: besiege, encircle, pester
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ambivalent
(adj) - having opposite and conflicting feelings about someone
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Synonyms: equivocal, ambiguous
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carte blanche (noun) - full freedom or authority to act at one's own discretion
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Synonyms: blank check, free rein
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cataclysm
(noun) - a sudden, violent, or devastating upheaval
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Synonyms: disaster, catastrophe
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debauched
(transitive verb) - to corrupt morally, seduce; to indulge in dissipation
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Synonyms: carouse, orgy
