34 Flashcards by Alicia Lee | Brainscape

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ordeal

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severe trial or affliction

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paternal

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patriarchal

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philology

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study of language

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posterity

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descendants; future generations

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progeny

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children; offspring

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pusillanimous

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cowardly; fainthearted

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recast

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reconstruct (a sentence, story, etc.); fashion again

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repress

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restrain; crush; oppress

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rubble

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broken fragments

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sequester

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isolate; retire from public life; segregate; seclude

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splice

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fasten together; unite

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subservient

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behaving like a slave; servile; obsequious

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tarry

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delay; dawdle

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tout

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publicize; praise excessively

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unfaltering

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firm; steady

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vexatious

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annoying; troublesome

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wrest

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pull away; take by violence

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ajar

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partially open

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apposite

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appropriate; fitting

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badger

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pester; annoy