Night Vocabulary

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Beadle

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A minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function

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Penury

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A state of extreme poverty or destitution

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Redemption

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The act of delivering from sin or saving from evil

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Err

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To make a mistake

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Annihilate

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To kill in large numbers

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Disperse

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Distribute or spread over a considerable extent

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Diplomacy

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Negotiation between nations

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Regent

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Someone who rules during the absence of the monarch

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Edict

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A legally binding command or decision

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Rescind

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Cancel officially

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Strew

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Spread by scattering

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Surreal

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Characterized by fantastic and and incongruous imagery

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Wield

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Have and exercise

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Hasten

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Speed up the process; facilitate

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Morale

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A state of individual psychological well-being

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Deport

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Expel from a country

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Conflagration

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A very intense and uncontrollable fire

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Expulsion

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The act of forcing someone or something out

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Horrendous

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Causing of fear, dread, or terror

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Irrevocable

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Incapable of being retracted

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Pious

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Having, showing, or expressing reverence for a deity

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Devotely religious

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Invective

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Abusive language used to express blame or censure

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Infernal

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Characteristic of or resembling Hell

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Lucidity

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A clear state of mind

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Harangue

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Address forcefully

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Ascertain

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Learn or discover with confidence

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Compulsory

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Required by rule

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Veritable

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Not counterfeit or copied

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Cynical

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Believing the worse of human nature and motives

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Exterminate

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Kill on a large scale

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Sanctity

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The quality of being holy

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Cauldron

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A very large pot used for boiling

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Reminisce

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Recall the past

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Wrath

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Intense anger, usually on a large scale

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Writhe

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To move in a twisting or contorting motion

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Manacle

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A shackle that can be locked around the wrist

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Grandeur

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The quality of being magnificent, splendid, or grand

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Notorious

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Known widely and usually unfavorably

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Emaciated

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Very thin especially from disease, hunger, or cold

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Wallow

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Devote oneself entirely to something

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Sage

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A mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics

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Categorical

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Not modified or restricted by reservations

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Inflection

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A manner of speaking in which the voice is modified

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Delude

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Be dishonest with

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Exodus

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A journey by a group to escape from a hostile environment

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Transcend

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Be superior or better than some standard

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Plaintive

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Expressing sorrow

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Avail

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Be of use to; to be useful to

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Apathy

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An absence of emotion or enthusiasm

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Disengage

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Release from something that holds at or entangles

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Prevail

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Continue to exist

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Melancholy

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Characterized by, causing, or expressing sadness

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Poignant

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Keenly distressing to the mind or feelings

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Laden

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Filled with a great quality

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Dregs

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Sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid

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Ensue

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Issue or terminate in a specific way

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Maul

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Injure badly

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Prostrate

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Lying face downward