Complete Vocab Flashcards
(45 cards)
1
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confinements:
A
periods of childbirth
2
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falter:
A
to waver
3
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enmity:
A
hostility
4
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preeminent:
A
most excellent
5
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vivacious:
A
lively
6
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counteract:
A
offset
7
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gambolled:
A
playfully skipped; frolicked
8
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parasitical:
A
freeloading
9
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cryptic:
A
mysterious
10
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indefatigable:
A
untiring
11
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propulsion:
A
Force
12
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tractable:
A
easily managed or controlled; governable
13
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contemptible:
A
disgraceful
14
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irrepressible:
A
unmanageable; can’t be held back
15
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alighted:
A
landed
16
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ignominious:
A
humiliating
17
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pretext:
A
alleged reason
18
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publican:
A
innkeeper or tax collector
19
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manifestly:
A
noticeably
20
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liable:
A
likely
21
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faction:
A
Group
22
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vain:
A
ineffective
23
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superintendence:
A
supervision or direction
24
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reconciled:
A
brought (oneself) to accept
25
repose:
rest
26
indignation:
righteous anger
27
procure:
obtain
28
clutches:
complete set of eggs produced at one time
29
pervading:
spread throughout; all encompassing
30
tumult:
uproar
31
retinue:
Entourage
32
surmounted:
placed above
33
machinations:
crafty schemes; devious plots
34
dejectedly:
dismally
35
poultices:
Hot, soft, moist masses applied to a store or inflamed body part
36
superannuated:
retired with a pension due to old age or infirmity
37
precincts:
grounds
38
complicity:
involvement in a wrongful act
39
stratageme
trick
40
inebriates'
drunkards'
41
taciturn:
reticent
42
filial:
as befits a son or daughter
43
insoluble:
impossible to be solved
44
intimated:
hinted or implied
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ensconced:
settled
