IM ON A HIGHWAY TO HELL Flashcards

(60 cards)

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Protection/support from another organization

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Aegis

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To inform

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Apprise

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3
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Very absorbant/alcoholic

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Bibulous

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4
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Fake admires for hire

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Claque

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5
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To completely remove all traces of something

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Deracinate

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6
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Charitable aid

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Eleemosynary

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7
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native; originating from a place

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indigenous

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8
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sad/tragic/tear inducing

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Lachrymose

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The entirety of a set of words in certain language/the vocabulary of an entity/ a dictionary/wordbook

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Lexicon

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10
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Confused fight/skirmish/struggle

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Melee

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11
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Smaller replica of a larger version

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microcosom

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12
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Very small/tiny/lowercase letter

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minuscule

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to darken/obscure/confuse/bewilder

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obfuscate

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governing people like a father dealing with his children, infringing on autonomy

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paternalism

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to divide into two contrasting groups

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polarize

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16
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Range of experience/thought/influence

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purview

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17
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optimism in a bad situation

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sanguine

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18
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mistake in grammar/manners

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solecism

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submissive/under protection and alligence of feudal lord

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vassal

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20
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realistic/lifelike

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verisimilitude

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21
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Additional/supplementary rather than necessary

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Adjunct

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22
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Indicator of events

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bellwether

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23
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howl/wail

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caterwaul

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24
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unreal/imaginary/visionary

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chimerical

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weakened/worn out
effete
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Accomplished thing that's irreversible
Fait Accompli
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unwilling to change because of tradition or convention
hidebound
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Chain of command, ranking
Hierarchy
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ritual, worship, ceremony
liturgy
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illusion, fantasy, hallucination
mirage
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swamp, muddy ground, unstable ground, quagmire
morass
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unpleasant, displeasing, offensive
noisome
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lacking memory, attention, awareness
oblivious
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spiritless coward
poltroon
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attempt to convert one to religion or belif
proselytizing
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resembling, having some but not all features of
quasi
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good humored teasing
raillery
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crude, offensive, indecent humor
ribald
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laying down, facing upward, failing to act or protest, moral weekness
supine
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brief description, account, episode
vignette
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additional, helping, assisting, auxillary, accessory
ancillary
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censoring, removing, purging improper material, weaker/less effective text
bowdlerize
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to patronize, stoop low, show feelings of superiority
condescend
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cheating, swindling, scamming
cozen
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place/group of people different from surrounding society
enclave
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strong point/strength
forte
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free of charge
gratis
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representative/legend/celebraty/symbol
iconsm
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all space between two things, interval, canny, gap
interstice
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whole complex structure, world/globe
macrocosm
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person who tricks people
mountebank
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song/thing that express triumph
paean
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lighthearted joking
persiflage
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plenty, overabundance, surplus
plethora
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sensible, down to earth
pragmatic
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questioning, perplexed, puzzled, baffled, peculiar
quizzical
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strong desire to take things for yourself, greed, selfish desire for wealth
rapacity
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split, division, rift by opposing beliefs
schism
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healing/curing/medicinal
therapeutic
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expert, genius, prodigy
virtuoso