Chap 1-8 Flashcards by Jordan McGee

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Lurid

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Vivid in color

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Annihilate

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Completely destroy

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Insructable

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Impossible to understand

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Repugnance

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Intense disgust

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Exhortation

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An address emphatically urging someone to do something

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Talisman

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Object thought to being good luck

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Mutability

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Tendency to change

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Caprice

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Sudden change in mood

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Inexplicable

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Unable to be explained

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Perverse

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Showing deliberate desire to act unacceptably

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Malicious

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Intending to do harm

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Constrained

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Compel or force

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Evoked

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Bring to mind

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Reviled

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Criticize in an angry manner

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Inviolable

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Never to be broken

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Impelled

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Drive, force, or urge

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Imperatively

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Vital importance

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Behest

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Persons order or command

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Transgression

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Misdeed

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Imbibe

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Drink especially alcohol

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Adduced

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Cite as evidence

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Apprehension

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Anxiety or fear that something bad will happen

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Ponderous

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Slow and clumsy

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Pertains

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Appropriate, related, or applicable

Edifice

Large, imposing building

Inauspicious

Not conducive to success

Indubitably

Undoubtedly

Venerable

Accorded a great deal of respect

Iniquity

Immoral behavior

Ignominious

Deserving or causing public disgrace

Haughty

Arrogantly superior

Inferred

Deduce or conclude

Disdainful

Showing contempt

Remonstrance

Forcefully reproachful protest

Visage

Persons face

Manifest

Clear or obvious

Imperceptible

Not noticeable

Sagacity

Shrewd

Eminent

Famous and respected

Tremulous

Shaking or quivering

Effectual

Successful

Pervaded

Spread through

Amenable

Open and responsive

Demeanor

Outward behavior

Intimated

Imply or hint

Peremptory

Insisting on immediate attention

Efficacy

Ability to produce desired result

Feigned

Pretend