Hawthorne Flashcards
(80 cards)
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Abasement
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Humiliation
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Manifest
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Apparently, Obviously
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Imbued
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Permeated deeply
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Ineffectual
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Powerless
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Odious
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Hateful
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Presentiments
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Sense of something about to occur
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Machination
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Plottings
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Abstruse
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Differcult to understand
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Ethereal
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Delicate, heavenly
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Devoid
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Lacking completely
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Remorseful
A
Regretful
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Diabolic
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Devilish
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Impalpable
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Intangible, not perceivable by the senses
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Forborne
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Refrained
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Somnambulism
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Sleep walking
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Zenith
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High point
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Expiation
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Atonement, compensation for a wrong
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Grisly
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Horrifying
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Decorous
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Conformity to social customs: calm, polite, respectful
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Impute
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To lay the blame or responsibility on
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Malevolence
Malignity
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ill will
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Benevolence
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Good will
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Erudite
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Learned
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Pauper
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Poor person
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Despotic
Like a tyrant
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Effluence
Flowing out
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Obviate
Dispose of effectively
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Rankle
Irritate
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Misanthropy
Hatred of man, life
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Awry
Wrong
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Deleterious
Harmful
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Unbraid
Scold
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Incongruity
Inappropriateness
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Aspect
Not habitual or usual
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Talisman
Object marked with magical signs
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Imparting
Transmitting
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Loquacity
Talkativeness
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Woefully
Pitifully
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Gait
Particular way of walking
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Listlessness
Lack of energy
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Spectre
Ghost
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Atheist
Denies existence of God
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Contiguity
| Propinquity
Nearness (in time or space)
| Nearness (so close to be touching)
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Abyss
Hell, bottomless pit
45
Dolefully
Sadly
46
Estrange
Separate
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Colloquy
Formal conversation
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Irrevocably
Without possibility of change
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Vicissitude
Quality of being changeable
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Citadel
Fortress, stronghold
51
Deportment
Behavior
52
Denizens
Inhabitants
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Choleric
Bad tempered
54
Dryad
Wood nymph
55
Comport
Agree, harmonize
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Solace
Comfort in distress
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Trammel
Hinder, restrain
58
Dissolute
Lacking in moral restraint
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Potentate
One who has lower over others
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Gratuitous
Unnecessary, unwanted
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Betimes
Early
62
Preternatural
Exceptional
63
Effervescence
The process of bubbling a gas escapes
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Flit
| Galliard
Liveliness
| Lively
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Galliard
Lively
66
Imperious
Domineering, overbearing
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Ponderous
Having great weight
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Languidly
Without energy
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Transitory
Short lived
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Apotheosized
Glorified
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Repose
Rest
72
Acutest
Sharpest
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Suffice
Meet present needs
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Potent
Effective, powerful
75
Necromancy
Witchcraft
76
Semblance
Appearance, copy
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Escutcheon
Shield bearing a coat of arms
78
Sable
Black
79
Gule
Red
80
Surmount
Place above
