Vocabulary Test 4 Flashcards
(40 cards)
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Nocturnal
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Occurring at night
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Penury
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Poverty
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Circumscribed
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Limited; confined
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Temperate
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Mild
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Ingenuous
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Candid and frank; naive; simple
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Venerable
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Commanding respect because of age, character, or rank
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Prime
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Best stage of a thing or process
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Fondly
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Foolishly
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Fate
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Destiny
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Lament
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To express grief over; to mourn
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Dominion
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Rule; authority
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Kingly
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Associated with or typical of a king
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Murmur
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Background noise
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Ere
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Before; in time
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Impudence
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Lack of shame
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Winsome
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Having a charming appearance or way
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Discretion
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Good judgement
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Inconstantly
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Changeably; in a fickle way
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Averred
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Stated to be true
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Sojourn
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Stay for a while
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Expiated
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Atoned for, especially by suffering
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Reverence
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Deep respect
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Sinuous
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Bending; winding
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Tumult
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Noisy commotion
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Chronicle
Historical record of events in chronological order
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Prefiguring
Foreshadowing
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Alters
Changes
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Drama
A form of literature that tells a story through performances
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Vales
Valleys; depressed stretches of ground
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Immortal
Living or lasting forever; not dying
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Symmetry
Balanced, beautiful form; the beauty resulting from such balance
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Aspire
Have high ambitions; yearn or seek after
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Sinews
Tendons
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Sulk
To show resentment by refusing to interact with others
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Recompense
Payment for something
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Roused
Stirred up
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Presumption
Audacity; nerve
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Anatomize
To dissect in order to examine a structure
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Sordid
Dirty
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Stagnant
Motionless; foul
