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Flashcards in LOTF - Vocab Deck (16)
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1
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specious

A

plausible but actually false

2
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bastion

A

a well fortified position

anything seen as preserving or protecting some quality, condition, etc

3
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hiatus

A

a pause or gap

a break

4
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pall

A

aura of gloom

dark cloud of smoke or dust

a cloth spread over a coffin or tomb

5
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inscrutable

A

impossible to understand or interpret

6
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Opaque

A

not able to be seen through; not transparent

7
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impalpable

A

intangible not perceived by touch

not easily comprehended

8
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tacitly

A

without being spoken

understood or implied without being directly stated

9
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Apex

A

The highest point

10
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derisive

A

scornful, expressing contempt or ridicule

11
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effigy

A

A likeness or image

12
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Tempestuously

A

like a storm, turbulently, violent

13
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impervious

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oblivious, incapable of being affected

14
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rebuke

A

to criticize or reprimand

15
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sanctity

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sacredness, godliness, holy

16
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cynicism

A

attitude scornful of the motives or virtues of others