Chaper 1-5 Flashcards

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Lair

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Noun - a bed or resting place. A shelter.

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Inscription

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Noun - words carved into a monument or book

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Ravenously

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Adverb - very eager or greedy for food, satisfaction, or gratification

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Elude

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Verb - to avoid or escape by being quick, skillful or clever

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Gibbet

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Noun - a gallows. A place where people are hanged. A special place where chains/ropes are left after one is killed

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Impregnable

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Adjective - to be able to withstand attacks. Not able to penetrate or get through.

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Connubial

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Adjective - of or relating to the married state

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Missile

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Noun - an object being thrown

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Larceny

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Noun - the act of stealing something

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Augment

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Verb - to increase. The size of something.

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Interlocutor

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Noun - a person who takes Part in a conversation or dialogue

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Obstinate(ly)

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Adjective - stubbornly refusing to change ones opinion or chosen course of action despite attempts to persuade one to do so

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Rivet(ed)

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Noun - a short metal pin or bolt for holding together two plates of metal, it’s headless end being beaten out or pressed down when in place

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Prodigious(ly)

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Adjective - remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree

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Partial

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Adjective - existing only in part, incomplete, has a like for.

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Compassionate

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Adjective - feeling or showing sympathy or concern for others

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Assail

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Verb - to make a concerted or violent attack on

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Terse(ly)

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Adjective - sparing in the use of words, abrupt

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Prodigal

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Adjective - spending money or resources freely or recklessly, waste fully extravagant

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Contumaicious(ly)

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(Especially of a defendants behavior) stubbornly or willfully disobedient to authority

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Omnipotent

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Adjective - (of a deity) having unlimited power able to do anything

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Imperious

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Adjective - assuming power or authority without justification arrogant or demeaning

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Terminate

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Verb - to bring to an end

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Apparition

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Noun - a ghost or ghostlike image of a person

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Apprehension/apprehensive

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Noun - anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant will happen

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Jovial(ity)

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Adjective - cheerful and friendly

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Arid

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Adjective - (of land or climate) having little or no rainto dry or to Barron to support vegetation

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Disperse

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Verb - distribute or spread over a wide area

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Dispel

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Verb - make (a doubt, feeling, or belief) disappear

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Diverge

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Verb - (of a road, route, or line) separate from another route especially a main one, and go in a different direction

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Execrate/execrable/execration

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Verb - feel or express great loathing for

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Livid

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Adjective - furiously angry