VOCAB Flashcards

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Asset

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all of a persons money/property, a quality/person that can be used to your advantage

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Demand

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to ask/call for with authority

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Extensive

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large in amount; extending over a great area

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Foul

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disgusting in look, taste, or smell

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Frantic

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wild with fear/anxiety, usually marked by wild and hurried activity

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Murky

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very dark/gloomy; not clear

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Startle

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to frighten suddenly, usually with not seriously

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Trickle

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to flow/fall in drops

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Wither

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to shrivel up from loss of moisture

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Allegiance

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loyalty/obedience; esp. to ones country/government

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Anesthetic

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a substance that causes temporary loss of feeling in the body

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Appendage

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a projecting part of the body such as and arm/leg

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Ascend

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to go up

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Descend

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to go down

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Corpse

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a dead body

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Sympathy

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a feeling of sadness for another persons grief/misfortune

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Upstanding

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honest; respectable

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Cherish

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to hold dear to ones heart, to feel affection for

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Endure

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to keep going despite hardships; to suffer patiently without complaint

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Envy

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a painful feeling of wanting something that belongs to someone else

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Excruciating

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intensely painful; agonizing

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Extremities

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the end parts of limbs of your body

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Immortal

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living/lasting forever

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Precise

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very exact

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Protrude

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to stick out

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Awe

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a feeling of mixed respect, wonder, amazement, and/or fear

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Exhale

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to breathe out

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Inhale

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to breathe in

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Reiterate

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to say over and over again repeatedly

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Relocate

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to move to a new location

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Singe

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to burn slightly; esp. to remove hair by passing briefly through a flame

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Tangible

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able to be touched

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Wistful

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having/showing a feeling of regret/longing for something

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Yearn

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to want something very much

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Adjacent

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next to/near

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Casualty

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a person killed/injured in a war/accident

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Debut

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a first public appearance

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Interrogate

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to question someone formally and thoroughly

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39
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Jargon

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the special language of a particular activity/group; usually filled with many important sounding words

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40
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Limelight

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the center of public attention

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Makeshift

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serving as a temporary replacement for something

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Pantomime

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to communicate using only gestures and facial expressions

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Sorrow

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a feeling of deep sadness

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Triage

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the process of sorting injured people based on their need for treatment and likelihood of survival

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45
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Ajar

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slightly open

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Astonished

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struck with sudden amazement/surprise

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Boast

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to brag about ones assets/accomplishments

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Depart

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to leave

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Devour

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to eat up hungrily

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Dismal

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very gloomy/depressing

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Dusk

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the darker part of twilight

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Famished

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extremely hungry

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Gaze

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to look at something intently and thoughtfully

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Glutton

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a person who eats too much

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Idle

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not working; lazy

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Labor

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work; esp. physical work

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Perish

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to pass away completely; to die

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Remote

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far away; isolated

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Summit

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the highest point

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Wane

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to get gradually smaller

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Wax

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to grow larger, stronger, or fuller

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Deluge

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a flood; an overwhelming amount of something

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Gaunt

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being thin and bony, as form hunger/ suffering

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Grotesque

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very ugly; deformed/monstrous

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Haste

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excessive speed; quickness

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Immense

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huge; colossal

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Inferno

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a place/state that resembles hell, esp. in great heat/raging fire

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Inquisitive

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asks many questions; curious about the affairs of others

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Lunatic

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an insane person

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Menagerie

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a collection of wild/foreign animals kept for exhibition

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Mourn

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to feel sorrow, esp. over someones death

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Parcel

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a package

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Peculiar

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strange/odd; unusual

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Plummet

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to fall straight down; to plunge

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Shudder

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to tremble with fear/horror

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Smother

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to overcome/kill by depriving of air/exposing to smoke/fumes

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Transform

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to change completely in appearance/form

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Baffled

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totally confused; preplexed

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Decieve

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to cause someone to believe something that is false, to mislead/trick

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Eerie

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strange and frightening; creepy

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Ferocious

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fierce; savage

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Flee

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to run away; often from danger/evil

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Morsel

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a small piece/amount; usually of food

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Mortal

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does not last forever

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Rendezvous

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to meet together at a pre-planned time and place

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Retreat

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to go away from something difficult, dangerous, or uncomfortable

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Sphere

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a globe shaped body; a ball

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Tedious

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tiring because of length/dullness

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Trudge

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to walk/march steadily, usually with much effort

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Weary

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worn out; tired

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Chronological

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arranged in order of time

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Clarify

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to make a statement/idea more clear and understandable

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Context

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the circumstances that surround an event; the sentences that come before and after a word

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Elaborate

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to add more detail to something that had been written/said

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Generation

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the average period during which children are born, grow up, and begin to have children of their own

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Hybrid

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something made by the combination of two different elements

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Implement

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to put a decision/plan into action

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Mandatory

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required by rules/the law

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Prior

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coming before something

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Subsequent

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coming after something

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Relevant

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related to the matter at hand

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Altruism

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unselfish interest in the well being of others

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Conscious

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mentally alert/active; aware

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Essential

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important in the highest degree; neccessary

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Malice

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ill will; the desire to do harm just for the satisfaction of doing it

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Pride

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a feeling of pleasure/satisfaction about your achievements/the achievements of someone close to you; an excessively high opinion of yourself

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Remarkable

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worthy of being noticed; esp. as being uncommon/extraordinary

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Retort

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to answer back; typically in an angry/sharp manner

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Reverie

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a daydream; the state of being lost in thought

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Uncanny

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strange/mysterious, sometimes in an unsettling way

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Commonplace

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very common/ordinary

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Corridor

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a passageway into which rooms open

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Edible

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fit/safe to be eaten

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Potable

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suitable for drinking

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Haggard

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looking thin, worn, or exhausted, usually as result of prolonged suffering/worry

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Heir

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a person who inherits property

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Morose

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sullen; gloomy; sulky

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Ominous

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giving the impression that something bad/unpleasant is going to happen

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Tragic

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causing extreme distress/sorrow