Emily Vocabulary Flashcards

(59 cards)

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Emerge

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To come out and into view

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Feat

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An act or deed, especially one showing courage, strength, skill or cleverness

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Brood

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To think deeply about something with unhappiness or anxiety

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Captor

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Someone who takes another captive

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Voraciously

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Greedily or eagerly

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Petrified

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Motionless with fear or horror

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Defy

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To challenge or dare; to boldly refuse to obey or yield

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Sinister

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Evil; wicked

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Fetter

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To chain down; to bind

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Vivacious

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Lively; energetic

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Tantalize

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To tempt or tease by putting something desirable in view but out of reach

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Fortuitous

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Lucky

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Prestigious

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Worthy of admiration or esteem

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Burly

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Broad or muscular

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Deftly

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Quickly and skillfully

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Cease

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To stop

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Awe

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A mix of respect, fear, and wonder

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Evolve

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To develop gradually; to unfold or change

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Profusely

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Pouring forth freely; generously

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Explicit

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Clearly stated

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Bleak

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Gloomy; depressing

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Falter

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To stumble

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Console

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To comfort

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Enmity

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Hostility; feeling like an enemy

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Towering
Reaching a height above others
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Fashioned
Made; built or shaped
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Serpentine
Twisting and turning
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Radiant
Shining or giving off light; beaming; as with joy or energy
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Plead
To beg
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Bellow
To give a loud, deep, roar
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Streak
To move very fast; to leave a mark with a different color or texture from its background
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Quake
To shake or vibrate
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Colossal
Huge
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Ascend
To go up
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Indefinite
Not fixed or limited; not measure able; not clear
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Descend
To go down
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Contrary
Opposing or resisting
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Validate
To prove to be true
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Depict
To describe by words or by picture
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Despair
Loss of hope
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Devour
To eat or consume greedily
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Presently
Soon
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Wail
To grieve or cry
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Enigma
A mystery
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Baffling
Hard to understand
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Splendor
Magnificence
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Monument
Something that serves as a reminder of something else especially a building or statue
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Fanciful
Imaginary
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Resemble
To be like or similar too
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Erode
To wear away
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Adorned
Decorated
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Deplete
To use up or reduce in amount
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Encase
To enclose
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Extract
To take out
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Neglect
To fail to care for; to treat as if not important
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Devastating
Causing ruin
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Irate
Very angry
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Ruthless
Cruel; showing no mercy
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Chide
To scold or rebuke