ch 11-20 Flashcards

(60 cards)

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Parry

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Fend off / ward off

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Providence

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Protective care of God for spiritual power

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3
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Incessantly

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Constant w/o interruption

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4
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Abstinence

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When you restrain yourself from something

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5
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Aperture

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Opening or hole

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6
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Ashlar

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Rectangle of stone for facing walls

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Benevolence

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Well meaning and kind

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8
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Blasphemies

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When you take lords name in vain/offense

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Conjuring

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Summon by magic or supernatural power

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10
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Extricated

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When you free someone or something from a difficulty

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11
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Fervently

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Great feeling or enthusiasm

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12
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Friable

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Easily crumbled

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13
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Gleaned

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Gather slowly

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14
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Incurred

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To come into or acquire

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15
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Paroxysm

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Violent action or emotion

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16
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Repose

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Being at rest

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17
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Sepulchral

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Serving as a tomb

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18
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Unremittingly

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Not stopping , constant

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19
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Assimilation

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Absorbing information

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20
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Cataleptic

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Physical condition

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21
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Despotic

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Rulers that rely on brutal force

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22
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Hitherto

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Beforehand

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23
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Ignoramus

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Ignorant or stupid reason

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24
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Inert

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Lack of ability to move

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Infamy
Being known for something bad
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Jocular
Humorous or playful
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Laborious
Task that requires a lot of time and effort
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Pensiveness
Revealing thoughtfulness
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Principality
State ruled by a prince
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Prodigious
Extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, etc
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Tantamount
Equivalent in seriousness
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Assiduous
Constant
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Bequeath
To dispose of or hand down
34
Breviary
Book of daily prayers and readings
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Compunction
Remorse for doing something wrong
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Render
Provide or to do
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Scrupulous
Someone extremely attentive to detail or someone concerned of doing something wrong
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Articulate
Being able to speak fluently and expressive
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Expatiate
Speak or write at length or detail
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Phial
A vial (container made of glass)
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Propitious
Indicating good chance of success
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Ardent
Enthusiastic or passionate
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Extremities
Furthest point or limit of something
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Incalculable
Too great to be calculated or estimated
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Precarious
Not held securely
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Tempestuous
Full of strong emotion
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Unhampered
To interfere with
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Dissimulation
When one conceals the truth
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Excise
Tax on certain goods
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Extricated
Free from difficulty
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Misanthropy
Dislike of humankind
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Stoutly
Thick, fat
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Stratagems
Plan or scheme
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Torpid
Mentally/physically inactive
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Parasitical
Relating to or parasite disease
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Fain
With pleasure gladly
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Intrinsic
Belonging naturally
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Interstices
Small space that lies between things
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Mephitic
Foul smelling
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Enumeration
Complete list of all items in a collection