Book 2 & 3 Flashcards
(49 cards)
1
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Acquit
A
not guilty
2
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altercation
A
a heated argument
3
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asseveration
A
serious statement or declaration
4
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bacchanalian
A
drunken
5
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barrister
A
lawyer
6
Q
commiseration
A
sympathy
7
Q
cowed
A
timid from fear
8
Q
debauched
A
corrupted
9
Q
demeanor
A
outward behavior
10
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despondent
A
lacking hope
11
Q
disreputable
A
not respectable
12
Q
functionary
A
an official
13
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imputation
A
attribution
14
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incorrigible
A
not able to be corrected
15
Q
indictment
A
a formal charge or accusation
16
Q
insinuation
A
hint or indirect suggestion
17
Q
laudanum
A
drug containing opium
18
Q
malign
A
to slender
19
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obliterate
A
to block out
20
Q
parricide
A
killing of a parent
21
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politic
A
showing good judgement
22
Q
propensity
A
tendency
23
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rapturous
A
full of feeling
24
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repose
A
sleep
25
superciliously
scornfully, arrogantly
26
supplication
humble request
27
timorous
timid
28
tocsin
an alarm or bell
29
unimpeachable
impossible to doubt
30
vehemence
intense feeling
31
visage
face
32
abashed
ill at ease
33
acquiesce
to agree without protest
34
antipathy
strong dislike
35
aquiline
curved like an eagles beak
36
countenance
face
37
culpability
blame
38
dissonance
lack of harmony
39
domicile
poor dueling place
40
emigrant
person who leaves their own country to settle in another
41
emissary
a person sent on special mission
42
frugal
thrifty
43
ligature
used for trying or binding
44
ostentatiously
in a showy manner
45
repudiate
to cause to be rejected
46
sequestrate
separate
47
unprecedented
new; unheard of
48
pernicious
extremely harmful
49
obstinacy
stubbornness
