The Sound and the Fury Vocab Flashcards by Daria Wonderlick

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reducto absurdum

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prove something by showing that its opposite is foolish or impossible

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obverse

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a counterpart or complement

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impervious

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incapable of being penetrated

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ubiquitous

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everywhere

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spurious

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false

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approbation

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praise or approval

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peripatetic

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travelling on foot

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canaille

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riffraff

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fecundity

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fertility or productivity

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niggardly

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miserly

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chimaera

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wild imagination or fancy

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vortex

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whirlpool

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acrimony

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bitterness

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cupola

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domed roof

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myriad

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a vast number

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apotheosis

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a glorified example

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blackguard

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scoundrel

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desiccate

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to dry out

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mote

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speck

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nefarious

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infamous because of extreme wickedness

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supine

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lying on one’s back

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sublimate

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to transform

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chicanery

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trickery

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fice dog

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small mongrel

hant

ghost

chary

wary or cautious

timorous

timid

nether

under or lower

moribund

about to die

somnolent

sleepy

patina

surface sheen

querulous

complaining or grumbling

alacrity

cheerful willingness

sibilant

producing hissing sounds

unction

balm or oil

reft

deprived

immure

to imprison

implacable

unappeasable

succubus

evil spirit or demon

scudding

skimming or wind-driven

retrograde

inverted or reversed

corscations

sparklings or glitterings

immolation

sacrifice

abnegation

giving up of one's rights

annealment

strengthening or hardening

exhume

to remove from a grave

peremptory

imperative or dictatorial

abject

wretched or hopeless

hiatus

a gap or interruption

claymore

sword