word quiz 1 spring/summer Flashcards
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Calamity
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A great misfortune (disaster)
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Bulwark
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Any protection against external danger
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Disperse
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To send off in various directions
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Laden
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Burdened
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Pernicious
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Causing insidious harm
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Placid
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pleasantly calm
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Procure
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to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means
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Relic
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a surviving memorial of something from the past
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Relinquish
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to renounce or surrender
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salvage
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the act of saving a ship or its cargo from perils of the seas
