all vocab Flashcards
(51 cards)
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abomination
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something detestable; something despised
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abrogration
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abolishment; annulment
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abyss
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nothingness; point of no return
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adamant
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unyielding; inflexible
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ameliorate
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to make better or more tolerable
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anarchy
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lawlessness
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antagonistic
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hostile
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anteroom
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“before room”, foyer
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apparitions
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ghosts; visions
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arbitrate
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decide
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ascertain
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determine
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atomization
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reduction to small particles
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autocratic
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absolute
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base
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low; vulgar
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befuddled
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confused; muddled
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beguile
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to deceive
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blanched
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paled
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blatantly
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in an offensive obvious manner
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callously
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cruelly
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calumny
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false charges calculated to damage another’s reputation
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canny
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clever; shrewd
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confirm
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verify
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congeries
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collection
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contempt
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disdain
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contention
point advanced in a debate; also rivalry
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contiguous
next to; adjacent
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corroborating
agreeing with and supporting
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cosmology
theory of the natural order of the universe
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covenanted
pledged
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crazed
crazy; idiotic
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dallied
lingered; dawdled
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darkling
dark
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defamation
damaging another's reputation
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deference
the respect due to an elder or superior
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defiled
dirtied; fouled
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denounce
to publicly pronounce something evil; to accuse
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deposition
testimony under oath
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diametrically
extremely; opposing
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dionysian
frenzied; festive and wild
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discomfits
embarrassing; thwarts
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dissembling
putting on a false appearance; concealing something
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ecclesiasts
clergymen
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effrontery
shameless; boldness
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excommunication
exclusion from the church or community
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falter
hesitate
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fetishes
objects believed to have magical power
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formidable
massive; considerable
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gaunt
excessively thin
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gibbet
gallows
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idealology
system of beliefs
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immaculate
pure
