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Vocabulary

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Word
Definition
ascertaining   to find out, to obtain  
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fortitude   strength  
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entreated   to ask, to plead, to beg  
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traversed   to travel through, across, or over  
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gales   a very strong wind  
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capitulated   to surrender  
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paroxysm   a sudden violent emotion or action  
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Indefatigable   tireless  
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Interment   burial  
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Penury   extreme poverty  
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Celestial   relating to, or suggesting heaven  
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Panegyric   formal or elaborate speech  
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Dogmatism   no evidence, not concrete  
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Protracted   lengthened in time  
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Spector   ghost, spirit  
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Remorse   a deep regret coming from a sense of guilt for past wrongs  
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Placid   peaceful, calm  
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Conjectured   guess  
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Indelible   impossible to erase, remove, or blot out  
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Obliterated   to remove, to delete  
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Ignominious   causing disgrace or shame  
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Serenity   calm, peaceful  
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Ecstasy   joy, rapture  
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Fiend   enemy  
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Pinnacle   moutain top, peak  
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Innumerable   too many to be numbered :countless  
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Sustenance   something that gives support, help, or strength  
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Purloined   steal  
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Venerable   honor or respect  
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Enigmatic   mystery, puzzling, confusing  
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Amiable   having a friendly and pleasant manner  
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scion   descendent, child, bud, start  
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immured   to enclose within or as if within walls  
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asylum   a place of safety; shelter  
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deprecate   to represent as of little value; : to express disapproval of  
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visage   the face; an expression of the face  
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rustic   of, relating to, or suitable for the country or country people; rural  
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bliss   complete happiness, joy  
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inconstant   likely to change frequently without apparent reason  
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Impediment   obstacle, barrier  
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precipice   cliff  
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annul   to make ineffective; neutralize, cancel  
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languid   unenergetic, lack of spirit, listless  
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insuperable   impossible to overcome  
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sanguinary   bloodthirsty, muderous  
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magistrate   a chief officer of government  
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precarious   depending on unknown conditions or chance events; risky  
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deranged   unbalaned, mad, crazy  
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presentiment   premonition  
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obstinate   stubborn, determined  
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intimidated   to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats  
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omnipotence   power, control  
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stigma   a mark of shame; stain  
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ennui   boredom  
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