Great Fire Vocab

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Unrelenting

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Adj, not letting up, or weakening in vigor or pace, - lent, slack, loose

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Cumbersome

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adj, burdensome, slow, inefficient - cumb, lie down, recline

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Copiously

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Adv., having the characteristics of being present in large quantity or of yielding something abundantly - copi, abundance

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Conflagration

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N, a large, disastrous fire - flagr, burn

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Solicitude

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N., A cause of anxiety or concern or attentive care amd protectiveness as for the well-being of another - solicit, agitate, urge

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Assumption

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N., a fact or statement taken for granted or accepted as true without proof. Sumpt, take.

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Speculate

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V., to think abotu the various aspects of a given subject, meditate, ponder. Specul, watchtower.

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Incredulity

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N., unwillingness or inability to believe, doubt, skepticism. Cred, believe.

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Melodramatic

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Adj., characteric of any sensational, extravagantly emotional action, utterance, etc. Melo, song. Dra, perform.

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Vie

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V., to sruggle for superiority (with someone) or to enter into competition (for something); compete. Vi, way, road

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Simile

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N., a figure of speech in which one thing is likened to another dissimilar thing by use of like or as. Simil, like.

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Metaphor

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N., a figure of speech containing an implied comparison, in which a word or a phrase ordinarily and primarily used for one thing is applied to another. phor, bringing.

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Ventured

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V., to undertake the rick of; brave (to venture in a storm). Vent, come.

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Melee

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N., a noisy confused fight or hand-to-hand struggle among a number of people.

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Impinging

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V., to strike, hit, or dash (on, upon, or against something); to touch. Ping, fasten.