Vocabulary Quiz Flashcards
(20 cards)
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Bereft
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Deprived, struggling
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Barrow
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A hill
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Cairn
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A heap on stone set up as a landmark, monument, or tombstone
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Chalice
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A drinking cup
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Charlatan
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A person who pretends to have more knowledge than they really possess
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Compunction
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A feeling of anxiety caused by the guilt of doing something wrong.
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Conciliatory
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Appeasing
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Equitable
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Equality and fairness
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Feckless
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Lazy, irresponsible
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Hecatomb
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A sacrifice
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Impunity
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Immunity
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Incense
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Angry
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Miscreant
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A villian
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Pall
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A cloth usually of velvet spreading over a coffin.
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Plausible
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Truth, possible, worthy
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Propitiate
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Appease, to be favorited
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Reconnoiter
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To inspect or survey
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Refute
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To prove false
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Suppliant
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One who prays to the gods asking for supplies and other needs.
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Transgress
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To pass over or go beyond.
