Unit 1 Vocab. Flashcards by Danielle Besler

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Mystical

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Mysterious: of obscure meaning, spiritually significant

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Emigrate

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to leave one’s country to settle in another

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Frivolity

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not serious or silly

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Stalwart

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sturdy, brave, & firm

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Ardent

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enthusiastic or passionate

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Impregnable

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cannot be entered by force

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Fortitude

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The strength to bear misfourtune

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Desolate

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without inhabitants: barren

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Liaison

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connecting parts of a whole,a meeting place.

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Sundry

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a lot, many

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Breaker

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a wave that breaks into foam against a storm

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Manifold

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many varied

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Sentinel

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a guard

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Foretime

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the past

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Staunch

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strong, solidly made

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ascertain

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find out, detect

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diabolism

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witchcraft

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bemused

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confused

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antagonists

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opponents

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propitiation

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appeasement

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licentious

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have not regard for accepted rules or standards

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evade

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escape or avoid by cleverness

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ecstatic

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in state of exalted delight

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condemnation

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severe reproof; strong censure

fraud

deliberate deception for unfair or unlawful gaines

pallor

extreme paleness

perplexed

bewildered, confused, puzzled

indignant

filled with an anger aroused by something unjust or unworthy

advily

enthusiastically

sarcastical

expressing mocking or contemptuous remarks

base

having a low moral standards; contemptible; inferior

tainted

having a moral defect; infected

ineptly

awkwardly

calamity

diaster

blasphemy

an irreverent or impious act or utterance

menacingly

threateningly

lechery

promiscuity

daft

crazy, foolish

providence

work of divine direction

Contentious

Quarrelsome

contemptuous

scornful; disdainful

audible

able to be hard

anonymity

secret; having an unknown or unacknowledged name

effrontery

audacity; insulting boldness

qualm

a sensation of misgiving or uneasiness

manifest

something apparent to the sight or understanding

remorselessly

mercilessly; having not pity or compassion

contemplation

thoughtful observation or meditation

pretense

the act of pretending

transfixed

rendered motionless with terror, amazement or awe

allegiance

loyalty

beguile

delude; cheat; divert

reprieve

postponement of punishment

statutes

law, decree, or edict

adamant

firm in purpose or opinion; unyielding

incredulously

disbelievingly

indictment

statement of criminal charges

penitence

performing of penance