Vocabulary Flashcards

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sycophant

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a person who tries to gain favor by flattering people

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chasm

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a deep cleft, abyss

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fuliginous

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full of smoke, sooty

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thanes

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landowners, noblemen

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hoarfrost

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white frost, frozen dew on the ground

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dirge

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a funeral hymn, a song or poem of grief

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dogmatism

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the arrogant assertion of an opinion without proof or evidence

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degenerate

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the passing from a good state to a progressively worse state

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putrefaction

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decomposition of organic matter

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inviolable

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not able to be ruined; intact