Marigold Vocab flashcards

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futile

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having no useful result, without effect

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impoverished

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poor

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poignantly

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in a profoundly moving matter

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stoicism

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indifference to pleasure or pain, not showing emotion

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bravado

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a false show of courage or defiance

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perverse

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stubbornly contrary, wrong, harmful

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degradation

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a decline to a lower condition with loss of dignity

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impotent

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powerless; lacking strength or vigor

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compassion

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deep awareness of the suffering of another coupled with the wish to believe it

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squalor

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a filthy and wretched condition