Final Review Flashcards

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Adversary

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Ones opponent in a contest, conflict, or dispute

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Agile

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Moving quickly and lightly

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Amorous

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Inclined toward or displaying love

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Amphitheater

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Round or oval, typically unroofed, with a central place for shows

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Banishment

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The punishment of being sent away from a country or other place

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Bindle

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Bundle of clothes or bedding

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Bland

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Lacking strong features and therefore uninteresting, showing no strong emotion

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Cesspool

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An underground hole or container for holding liquid waste (such as sewage) from a building

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Cunning

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Showing inventiveness and skill

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Disheveled

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Disarranged and untidy

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Dismal

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Depressing;dreary,gloomy

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Malevolent

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Having or showing a desire to harm others

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Erratic

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Not even or in pattern or movement;unpredictable

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Florid

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Having a red or flushed complexion, excessively intricate

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Exuberant

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Joyously unrestrained

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Gale

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Very strong wind, burst of sound

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Foray

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Sudden attack or incursion into enemy territory;a raid

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Fray

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Wear away by rubbing

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Pernicious

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Exceedingly harmful

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Grievance

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A real or imagined wrong, official statement of a complaint

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Haughty

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Arrogantly superior and disdainful

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Amiable

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Friendly and pleasant to be with

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Ample

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Enough or more than enough ;plentiful

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Indulgent

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Having or indicating a tendency to be to be overly generous

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Insinuated
Suggest or hint (something bad or reprehensible) in an unpleasant way
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Genial
Friendly and cheerful
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Jovial
Full or showing high spirited merriment
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Kinsmen
A man who is one of a persons blood relations; a male relative
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Lament
A cry of sorrow and grief
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Liniment
A liquid that is rubbed on your skin to relieve pain or stiffness in your muscles
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Lumber
To move ponderously
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Mammoth
Huge
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Assuage
to provide relief from something distressing or painful
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Morose
Of a person: very serious, unhappy, quiet
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Beguile
Charm or enchant (someone), sometimes in a deceptive way
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Cherish
Protect and care for someone, lovingly
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Pensive
Deeply or seriously thoughtful
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Infallible
Incapable of making mistakes or being wrong; always effective
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Perplexed
Completely baffled, very puzzled, confused
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Procure
Get by special effort
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Profusely
In an abundant manner
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Taciturn
Habitually uncommunicative or reserved in speech or manner
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Recumbent
Lying down; in a position of comfort or rest
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Remnants
A small part remaining after the main part no longer exists
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Receptive
Willing to consider or accept new suggestions and ideas
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Tyrannical
Exercising power in a cruel or arbitrary way
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Ritual
Religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed according to a proscribed order
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Tirade
A long, angry speech of criticism or accusation
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Sallow
(Of a persons face or complexion) of an unhealthy yellow or pale brown color
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Scoff
Speak to someone or about something something in a scornfully derisive or mocking way
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Sepulcher
A chamber that is used as a grave
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Squall
A sudden violent gust of wind or localized storm;cry of a baby
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Stake
Something (such as money) that you could win or lose in a game or contest
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Stealthy
Behaving, done, or made in a cautious and surreptitious manner, so as not to be seen or heard
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Supposition
An uncertain belief
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Tedious
Too long, slow or dull;tiresome or monotonous
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Transfixed
Cause (someone) to become motionless with horror, wonder astonishment
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Transgression
An act that sees against a law rule or order
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Variable
Liable to or capable of change
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Vengeance
Punishment inflicted or retribution exacted for an injury or wrong
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Vial
A small bottle that contains a drug
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Vile
Morally reprehensible
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Vindicated
Clear (someone) of blame or suspicion
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Woes
Misery resulting from affliction
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Wrath
Extreme anger