Vocab Flashcards

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Abated

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Become less intense or widespread

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Hysteria

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Exaggerated or uncontrollable emotion or excitement, especially among a group of people.

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3
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Congealed

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Solidify of coagulate, especially by cooling.

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4
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Domestic

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Relating to the running of a home or to family relations.

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5
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Impious

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Not showing respect or reverence, especially for a god.

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Inquiringly

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Seeking facts, information, or knowledge

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Demeanor

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Conduct; behavior; deportment

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8
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Acquitted

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To relieve from a charge of fault or crime; declare no guilty

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Reverting

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To return to a former habit, practice, belief, condition.

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Quivered

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To shake with a slight but rapid, motion;vibrate tremulously; tremble.

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11
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Sobered

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Not intoxicated or drunk

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12
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Force

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A comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations

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13
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Sagacity

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The quality of being sagacious

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14
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Prowling

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Move around restlessly and stealthily, especially in search of or as if in search of prey.

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Stealthy

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Behaving, done, or made in a cautions and surreptitious manner, so as not to be seen or heard.

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Stolidy

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Make or become hard or solid.

17
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Obstinately

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Firmly or stubbornly adhering to one’s purpose, opinion, etc.

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Innocuous

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Not harmful or offensive

19
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Raucous

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Making or constituting a disturbingly harsh and loud noise.

20
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Conjuring

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The performance of tricks that are seemingly magical, typically involving sleight of hand.

21
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Solicitude

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Care or concern for someone or something.

22
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Exquisite

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Extremely beautiful and, typically, delicate.

23
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Contradictions

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A combination of statements, ideas, or features of a situation that are opposed to one another.

24
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Sadistic

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Deriving pleasure from inflicting pain, suffering, or humiliation on others.

25
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Scrupulous

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Diligent, thorough, and extremely attentive to details.