English 10 vocab 13

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Difficult to _____ the horrors of the Black Death and its effects.

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perceive

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Fleas on rats are often imagined as fleas on ___ and felines.

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canines

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Extensive geography knowledge needed to trace the plague's route from Asia to Europe. A ___ knowledge is insufficient.

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meager

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Can you picture the __ of traders and merchants who poured into cities?

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influx

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Impact of the plague on human population figures compared to wars.

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ravages

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At its height, the plague obliterated a large portion of India's population daily, wiping out entire villages.

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apex, obliterated

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The plague had been defunct in Europe since A.D. 744, but broke out again in 1347, obliterating entire cities.

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defunct, obliterating

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Difficult for lower-class and bourgeois to cope with the ravages of the plague; even upper classes had few resources.

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bourgeois, ravages

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Some observant people ____ that fewer had the plague in the country than in towns. Rural areas saw a(n) ____ of city people.

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perceived, influx

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I would have had meager abilities - practically none - to cope with such a tragedy. My defense is to ossify and hide behind an inflexible exterior.

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meager, ossify