Vocabulary Flashcards

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Alliance

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a joining together for some common purpose

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Bewilder

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To puzzle completely, confuse.

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Fruitless

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Not producing the desired results, unsuccessful

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Inflammable

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Easily set on fire; easily angered

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Mortify

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To hurt someone’s feelings deeply; to cause embarrassment or humiliation; to subdue or discipline by self-denial or suffering

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Orthodox

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In agreement with established or generally accepted beliefs or ways of doing things

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Scurry

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To run quickly, scamper, hurry

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Sodden

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Soaked with liquid or moisture; expressionless, dull; spiritless, listless

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Wayward

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Disobedient, willful; unpredictable, capricious 

(capricious: fickle or temperamental)

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Wince

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• To draw back suddenly, as though in pain or fear

• The act of drawing back in this way