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Flashcards in R&J Vocab 2 Deck (19)
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1
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Vile

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-adj
-wretchedly bad
Vilely (adv)
Vileness (N)

2
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Gallant

A
  • adj

- brave

3
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Banishment

A

-n
-exile
banish (v)
banisher (n)

4
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Calamity

A

-disaster (physical or emotional)
calamitous (adj)
calamitously (adv)

5
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Prevail

A
  • V

- To defeat, win, or overcome

6
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Reconcile

A

-V
-to make peace or come together
reconcilement (n)
reconciler (n)
reconciliation (n)

7
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Commend

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-v
-to pay respect to, to praise
- Extol, laud (syn)
commendable (adj)
commendor (N)

8
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Abhor

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-v
-to hate
-loathe (syn)
abhorer (n)
abhorrent (adj)
abhorrence (n)

9
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Pensive

A

-adj
-full of though (melancholy or gloomy)
pensively (adv)
pensiveness (n)

10
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Vial

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  • n

- a small container for holding liquids

11
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Prostrate

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-v
-to put yourself face down
prostrative (adj)
prostrator (n)

12
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Fester

A
  • v

- to generate puss or infection, decay, or rot

13
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Shroud

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-N
-Burial cloth
Shroudless
Shroud-like

14
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Distraught

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-adj
-deeply agitated and upset
distraughtly (adv)

15
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Beguile

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  • V
  • To cheat through trickery
  • Swindle
16
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Dirge

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  • N

- A funeral or sad song

17
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Amorous

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-adj
-strongly attracted to love
amorously (adv)
amorousness (N)
amorosity (n)

18
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Sepulcher

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  • n
  • burial vault or tomb
  • mausoleum (sym)
19
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Penury

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  • N
  • Extreme poverty
  • indigence, destituion (syn)