Vocabulary Flashcards

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abhorred

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regarded with extreme repugnance

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ambiguities

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words or expressions that can be understood in two or more possible ways

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haughty

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blatantly and disdainfully proud

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meager

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having little flesh

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obsequies

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funerals or burial rites

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penury

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the state of being very poor

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remnants

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the part of something that is left over when the other parts are gone

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scourge

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an instrument of punishment or criticism

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sovereign

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one possessing or held to possess supreme political power

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thwarted

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opposed successfully