vocab Flashcards

(51 cards)

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impertinent

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improperly forward or bold

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hinder

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be an obstacle to

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inevitable

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incapable of being avoided or prevented

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duration

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the period of time during which something continues

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intimation

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a slight suggestion or vague understanding

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odious

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unequivocally detestable

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deference

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courteous regard for people’s feelings

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dictate

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a guiding principle

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barbarity

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the quality of being cruel, inhumane, or uncivilized

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cudgel

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a club that is used as a weapon

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conjecture

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believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

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infernal

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characteristic of or resembling Hell

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malady

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impairment of normal physiological function

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fledgling

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young bird that has just become capable of flying

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implications

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something that is inferred

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optimistic

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hopeful that the best will happen in the future

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hefty

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of considerable weight and size

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emissions

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the act of causing to flow forth

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endeavor

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attempt by employing effort

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incentive

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a positive motivational influence

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relevant

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having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue

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infuse

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fill, as with a certain quality

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dismally

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in a dreadful manner

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convulsive

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affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions

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ardor
feelings of great warmth and intensity
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hue
the quality of a color determined by its dominant wavelength
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wretch
someone you feel sorry for
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articulate
express or state clearly
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countenance
the appearance conveyed by a person's face
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palpitation
a rapid and irregular heart beat
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asylum
a shelter from danger or hardship
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malignity
speak unfavorably about
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diabolically
showing cunning or ingenuity or wickedness
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dissoluble
capable of dissolving
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annihilation
destruction by obliterating something
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irrevocably
in a manner that cannot be taken back
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commiserate
feel or express sympathy or compassion
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exultation
the utterance of sounds expressing great joy
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quaint
attractively old-fashioned
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distinct
constituting a separate entity or part
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bleak
unpleasantly cold and damp
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ember
a hot, smoldering fragment of wood left from a fire
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implore
beg or request earnestly and urgently
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lattice
an arrangement of points in a regular periodic pattern
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obeisance
bending the head or body in reverence or submission
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yore
time long past
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countenance
the appearance conveyed by a person's face
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placid
calm and free from disturbance
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aptly
in a competent capable manner
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divining
a clergyman or other person in religious orders
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abhor
find repugnant