Test 2/11/15 Flashcards
(21 cards)
0
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Futile
A
Having no useful result
1
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Nostalgia
A
Bittersweet longing for something from the past
2
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Poignantly
A
In a profound moving matter
3
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Ostensibly
A
Seemingly to all outward appearances
4
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Retribution
A
Something given as a repayment usually as a punishment
5
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Stoicism
A
Not showing pain, straight face
6
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Perverse
A
Stubbornly contrary
7
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Bravado
A
False showing of courage or defiance
8
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Impotent
A
Powerless
9
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Exuberance
A
Conditions of unrestrained joy
10
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Degradation
A
humiliation
11
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Squalor
A
Shabby wretched because of poverty
12
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Beleaguered
A
To surround with military forces
13
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Fanatic
A
Being crazy about a subject or person
14
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Ascetic
A
Extreme self denial
15
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Ruse
A
A trick or distraction
16
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Imminent
A
Definite
17
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Infallibility
A
Inability to be wrong
18
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Doggedness
A
Persistence or stubbornness
19
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Evanesce
A
To disappear gradually
20
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Heresy
A
A wrong ideal
