English Vocab For A Seperate Peace

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Manses

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A cleric's house and land, especially the residence of a Presbyterian minister.

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mire

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1. a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
2. ground of this kind, as wet, slimy soil of some depth or deep mud.

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perilous

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involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous

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effulgence

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A brilliant radiance.

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barbaric

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without civilizing influences; uncivilized; primitive

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droll

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amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous; waggish.

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inanimate

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spiritless; sluggish; dull.

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matriarchal

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1. the female head of a family or tribal line.
2. a woman who is the founder or dominant member of a community or group.

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regimen

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Governmental rule or control.

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solace

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1. comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.

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vulnerable

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open to moral attack, criticism, temptation, etc.

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capacious

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capable of holding much; spacious or roomy

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prodigious

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1. extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc 2. wonderful or marvelous

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insidious

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1. intended to entrap or beguile

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gaunt

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bleak, desolate, or grim, as places or things

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blitzkrieg

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a swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment

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encroaching

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To take another's possessions or rights gradually or stealthily

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inured to

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to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate

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mordantly

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sharply caustic or sarcastic, as wit or a speaker; biting.

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reverberant

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reverberating; reechoing

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spewed

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To send or force out in or as if in a stream; eject forcefully or in large amounts

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venerable

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commanding respect because of great age or impressive dignity; worthy of veneration or reverence, as because of high office or noble character

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cupola

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a light structure on a dome or roof, serving as a belfry, lantern, or belvedere.

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seigneurs

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a lord, esp. a feudal lord.

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inebriating

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to make drunk; intoxicate.

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abstractedly

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lost in thought; deeply engrossed or preoccupied.

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consternation

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a sudden, alarming amazement or dread that results in utter confusion; dismay.

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groveling

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to humble oneself or act in an abject manner, as in great fear or utter servility.

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novel

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of a new kind; different from anything seen or known before

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rhetorically

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used for, belonging to, or concerned with mere style or effect.

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suppleness

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bending readily without breaking or becoming deformed; pliant;

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specters

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A ghostly apparition; a phantom.

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eloquence

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the practice or art of using language with fluency and aptness.

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obliterated

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to remove or destroy all traces of; do away with; destroy completely.

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anarchy

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a state of society without government or law.

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contentious

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tending to argument or strife; quarrelsome

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inane

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lacking sense, significance, or ideas; silly

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latent

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present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; existing as potential

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paganism

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pagan spirit or attitude in religious or moral questions

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salient

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prominent or conspicuous projecting or pointing outward

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undulation

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1. an act of undulating; a wavelike motion.
2. a wavy form or outline.