Night Flashcards

(36 cards)

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Hooligan

A

N

a hoodlum or trouble maker

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2
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Sanctity

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N

holiness

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3
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Queue

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N/V
a line
to make or form a line

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4
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Refuge

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N

a shelter or place of safety/comfort

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5
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Imperceptibly

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Adv

scarcely/slightly able to be seen or noticed or understood

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6
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Gallows

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N

a structure for hanging

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7
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Raucus

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Adj

wild, rowdy, disorderly, rough, harsh, crazy, chaotic

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Lamentation

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N

a feeling of grief, sorrow, or sadness

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9
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Annihilate

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V

to destroy or completely ruin

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10
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Automatons

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N
a robotic/mechanical figure or thing
an individual that acts robotically

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Bereaved

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N/V/Adj
one who is sad, lonely, empty
to make sad through loss
sad, lonely, empty

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Encumbrance

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N

a burden or hinderance

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Semblance

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N

a likeness to something else (most often appearance)

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Apathy

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N

a lack of interest, emotion, care, or concern

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15
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Indifference

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N

a lack of interest, emotion, care, or concern

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16
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Hillock

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N

a small hill or mound

17
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Resistance

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N

opposition to power; the act of holding out against or the refusal to something

18
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Grimace

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N/V
an expression of pain or disapproval
to express pain or disapproval

19
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Diplomacy

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N

the art of conducting negotiations

20
Q

Billeted

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V/Adj/N

to lodge or house

21
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Ghetto

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N/Adj
a section of the city that is highly populated by members of a certain ethnic or minority group due to economic/social pressure

22
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Treatise

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N

a very detailed and long way of writing that is very formal and focuses on the principles of a certain subject

23
Q

Anecdotes

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N

a short and strange incident or event of interesting or amusing nature

24
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Deportation

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N

the act of expelling an alien or transporting someone from his country

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Hermetically
Adj | sealed air tight
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Pious
Adj | observant of religion
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Abominable
Adj | a very bad poor inferior or hateful
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Truncheon
N/V a club to club
29
Incite
V | to encourage to act
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Monocle
N | an eyeglass for one eye
31
Paternal
Adj | being or being similar to a father
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Notorious
Adj | unfavorably known
33
Harangued
N/V a long speech to make a long speech
34
Colic
N | sudden pain in the abdomen or bowels
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Reverie
N | a daydream
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Base
N | morally low and dishonorable