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44 Cards in this Set
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poignant - adj
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insightful, stimulating to the mind, feelings
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abhorred - adj
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hateful
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beguile - v
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bewitch, to entice, lure
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dispersing - v
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scattering
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fugivive - n
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a person who is running from the law, someone in pursuit
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excruciating - adj
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painful, unbearable, harrowing
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pensive - adj
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reflective, contiplative, thoughtful
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refuse - n
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trash, waste, rubbish
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pestilence - n
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diseases, plague
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discourse - n
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conversation, lecture, sermon
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incite - v
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to provoke, and urge on
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infraction - n
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a violation, breaking of a rule
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anguish - n
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turmoil, upset, great pain
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calamity - n
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a great misfortune
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oppression - n
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act of slavery or tyranny
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intellectual - n
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a person having knowledge & intelligence
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perfunctorily - adv
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to do or act in a rounine manner
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incriminate - v
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to accuse of a crime or other wrongful act
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chastise - v
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to criticize severely
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placidly - acv
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calmly
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belligerent - adj
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fond of fighting
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fray - n
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brawl, duel
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remnant - n
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the small part remaining
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impede - v
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hinder, stand in the way of
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excursions - n
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short journey or adventure made for pleasure
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squanders - v
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to waste or spend lavishly
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non-descript - adj
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not be ??
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mutiny - n
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battle, revolt
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immortal - adj
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everlasting
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apprehension - n
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doom, dread, expectation of misfortune
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devout - adj
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loyal, faithful
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stolid - adj
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impassive, (emotionless)
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desolation - n
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wasteland, bare land
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admonation
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look up (study guide 5)
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flounder - v
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faulter, struggle with something that should come easily
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treacherous - adj
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deceitful, shy, unsafe, dangeroug
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feign
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to give false talking, appearance, faking
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imperative - adj
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important, significant, necessary, urgent
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meager - adj
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very little, not enough
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insidious - adj
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treacherous, cunning
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faltered - v
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to stagger or stumble, to flounder
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transgressions - n
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sin or
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chortled - v
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snorting, joyful laugh or chuckle
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obsolete - adj
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out of date, not useful
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