Vocabulary Flashcards Chapters 19, 20, and 21

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Ominous

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

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Annihilation

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complete destruction or obliteration

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Belatedly

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later than should have been the case

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Astronomical

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extremely large

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Preponderance

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the quality or fact of being greater in number, quantity, or importance

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Adjudication

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a formal judgment on a disputed matter

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Daunting

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seeming difficult to deal with in anticipation; intimidating

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Domesticity

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home or family life

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Earnestness

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sincere and intense conviction

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Genocide

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intentional destruction of a national, racial, religious, or ethnic group.