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Justus A-D Vocab
Misc. vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acquisition | The act of acquiring (gaining) something |
| admire | to regard highly |
| allegory | 1) a tool in art or literature that uses concrete characters, events, or things to represents ideas or beliefs 2) a story that is written or told to represent an idea or belief |
| ban | an official order forbidding something (i.e., banned words) |
| brawn | 1) solid and well developed muscles; 2) muscular strength and power |
| bondage | slavery |
| clamber | to climb in an awkward way (as by scrambling) |
| coexist | to exist or live together at the same time or place |
| conceived | to become pregnant |
| corpuscle | a cell in the body |
| conform | to become similar in appearance, character or beliefs |
| calamity | a great misfortune or disaster; catastrophe |
| complicate | to make complex, intricate, involved or difficult |
| diminish | to become smaller |
| devout | devoted to religion |
| decline | a change to a lower state or level |
| destined | to ordain in advance as by fate or divine will |
| disaster | a great calamity or misfortune |
| detest | to despise or hate something |
| displease | to cause annoyance or vexation |
| delight | great pleasure or gratification |
| despondent | feeling or showing profound hopelessness, discouragement, or gloom |