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703 Vocabulary Flashcards

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spiritless ; miserable

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Abject

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A blend of two or more things into one, usually of a poor ingredient with a good one

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Alloy

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Extreme energy; strong feeling,esp of devotion

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Ardor

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Disrespectful words spoken against God

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Blasphemy

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Straight to the point;abrupt direct

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Blunt

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Using loud noisy coarse speech

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Boisterous

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A sudden terrible disaster

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Catastrophe

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With a despising attitude, having a lack of respect

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Contemptuous

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A person who thinks that all people act out of selfishness

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Cynic

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To kill off in large numbers or destroy larger parts of

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Decimate

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Disturbed in one’s mind, confused

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Delirious

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To make something visible, personify, to represent in visible form so that people can understand

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Embody

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With great stress or significance

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Emphatic

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14
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Turned from friend into a stranger

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Estranged

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Looking for something to happen, often eagerly

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Expectant

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A person who lives alone In a place remote from other people

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Hermit

17
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Someone who pretends to be who he is not

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Hypocrite

18
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Going on forever, never dying

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Immortal

19
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To give, share, tell

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Impart

20
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Without effort or energy

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Listless

21
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A glow of reflected lights, brilliance or brightness

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Luster

22
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Desire to see another suffer; spite

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Malice

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To beat and handle very roughly; mangle

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Maul

24
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Feelings of doubt or confusion

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Misgivings

25
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Offensive; worthy of disapproval

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Objectionable

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The view or opinion someone has as a result of observing

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Perception

27
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Flourishing, successful

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Prosperous

28
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Defying authority, acting like a rebel

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Rebellious

29
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To soften your attitude, give way

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Relent

30
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With regret arising from repentance

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Relent

31
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To return to. To go often

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Resort

32
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Doing something on a way that involves a sacrifice, a loss

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Sacrificially

33
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Aloneness, state of being alone

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Solitude

34
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A sudden twitching of muscle, a sudden strong burst of emotion

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Spasm

35
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To sink under water

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Submerge

36
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Not corrupted or dirty

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Untainted

37
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The edge of border

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Verge

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