Metamorposis Ch.2 Flashcards by Ida Lübeck

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His own accord

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Without being asked or told/voluntarily

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Swoon

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A state of having lost consciousness/ fainted

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Palpitating

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Pulsating

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Repulsion

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Distaste, aversion

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Apprehension

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Anticipation of misfortune, suspicion of future trouble

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Devoured

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To eat hungrily, voraciously

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Afflicted

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Distressed or troubled by pain

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Conferred

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To be given a gift/favor/honor

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Prompting

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To induce an action, inspire to happen

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Sole

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Only

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Ardour

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Intense devotion, eagerness

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Entail

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Bring about as a consequence

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Dividends

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Money paid to shareholders

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Rejoiced

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To be glad, to take delight

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Thrift

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Economical management, frugality

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Hale

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Strong and healthy

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Laborious

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Requiring much work, labor

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Sluggish

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Lacking energy, lazy, indolent

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Hitherto

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Until now

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Execrate

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To curse, to detest

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Ministrations

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The act of ministering-supplying-care

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Conduce

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To lead, contribute to

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Dissuaded

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Persuade not to do something

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Induced

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To bring about, produce

Summons

Request

Renounced

To give up, put aside voluntarily

Admonitions

Words of caution

Hamper

Hinder, impede

Forlorn

Miserable, lonely

Dispense with

To do without

Indispensable

Necessary, essential

Recalcitrance

Lack of obedience

Indulge

To satisfy one's desires and wishes

Cowered

To crouch

Unpremeditated

Not planned in advance

Bestow

To put

Disquieting

Distributing, causing anxiety

Corrosive

Harmful, caustic

Feebly

In a weak/frail manner

Propitiate

To appease, to pacify

Exultant

Jubilant, triumphant, elated

Dumbfounded

To make speechless, to astonish

Derangement

Insanity, disorder