vocab Flashcards

(40 cards)

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pestilence

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noun: deadly epidemic disease

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sagacious

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adj- shrewed, wise

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reverie

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n. daydream

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writhe

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verb; to twist, as in pain

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jest

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verb, to joke

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gaunt

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adj; thin bony, sickly

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specter

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noun; ghost, phantom

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despair

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n. hopelessness

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tangible

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n. real; arble to be touched

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dominion

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noun, the territory governed

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decorous

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proper, dignified

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restive

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restless

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pedants

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person who makes an excessive display or learning; focus on rules

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languor

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pleasent sleepyness

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magnanimous

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generous spirit

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amiable

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friendly

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benign

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impreious

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abominable

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loathsome; hateful

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vapid

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indubitable

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Adj.

unquestionable

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ignominious

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Adj.

shameful

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haughty

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Adj.

proud in a scornful way, arrogant

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infer

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Verb

to draw a conclusion, to deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements.

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amenable
adj. cooperative
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demeanor
noun outward behavior
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feign
verb. to pretend, to fake
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annihilate
verb to destroy
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mutable
adj. changeable
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capricious
adj. impulsive, following whims or sudden change of mind or behavior
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transgression
noun a sin, wrongdoing
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wary
adj. cautious, careful
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imminent
adj. likely to happen very soon
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premeditated
adj. planned beforehand
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abstruse
asj. difficult to understand
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venerate
verb to regard with respect tinged with awe
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introspective
adj. given to examining one's own thoughts and feelings
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calamity
noun disaster
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hypocrite
noun one who pretends to be what s/he is not
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ethereal
adj. heavenly