Chapter 4&6 Flashcards
(56 cards)
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Atrocities
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An extremely cruel act
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Sublimation
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To express feeling by changing desire
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Solicitously
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Anxious or concerned
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Perplexing
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Completely baffled
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Disgruntled
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Angry or dissatisfied
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Beatified
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To glorify
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Clandestine
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Keep secretive
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Ideology
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System
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Prefect
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Chief officer
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Indignant
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Feeling or showing anger
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Immutable
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Unchanging
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Keratin
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What your hair and nails are made of
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Genteel
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Polite or refined
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Sustenance
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Things that keep you alive(food or water)
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Enervated
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Drained or weakened
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Strenuous
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Requiring strength
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Morose
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Bad temper or depressed
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Taciturn
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Saying little
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Adjourn
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Stop something to resume later
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Descant
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A melody
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Grandeur
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Splendor
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Disinter
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To discover
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Metamorphosis
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Change of form
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Vanquished
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Defeat thoroughly
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Puritanical
Practicing moral behavior
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Stoically
Impassive
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Benevolent
Kindly or well meaning
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Frivolous
Of no purpose or value
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Homily
A sermon
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Masochistic
Pleasure in pain
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Propitious
Chance of success
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Ambiguous
Not being clear
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Egalitarian
Equality to all
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Conifers
Evergreen trees
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Ominous
Threatening
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Precocious
Mature
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Vigilance
Careful watch
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Diffidence
To be difficult
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Temerity
Reckless
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Gallantly
Brave
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Aghast
Struck with amazement
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Inconspicuous
Not clearly visible
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Consternation
Feelings of anxiety
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Centripetal
Moving toward the center
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Prowess
Skilled at a certain activity
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Efface
Erase from a surface
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Retorted
To respond in an angry way
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Nepotistic
Favoritism based on family
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Banalities
Unoriginal
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Nebulous
Indistinct
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Undulating
To move smoothly
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Stentorian
A loud and powerful voice
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Tangential
Hardly touching something
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Insipidity
Dull or flat
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Solace
To comfort
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Tempestuous
Conflicting emotion
