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Freshmen English - Fader

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pernicious   destructive  
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Prodigious   exciting, amazement  
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Choler   the quality or state of being bilious - anger  
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Disposition   the tendency of something to act in a certain manner under given circumstances - Manner/attitude  
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augment (ing)   to enlarge or increase  
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boisterous   noisily rough, exuberant  
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assail (ing)   to attach violently with words or blows  
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shrift   confession  
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transgression   a sin that has been committed or a law that has been broken  
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portentous   indicating civil to come; threatening, foreshadowing for evil  
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conjure   magic, summon up a spirit  
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consort   associate  
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prorogue   postpone  
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rancor   continuing and bitter hate  
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perjury   telling of a lie, swearing to tell the truth  
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invocation   pray (serious) request for help  
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variable   changeable  
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jest   making remark, joke  
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wherefore   why  
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procure   to get  
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prevail   to win  
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beguile   to deceive  
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appertain (ing)   rightfully belonging to  
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effeminate   having feminine qualities  
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agile   to move quickly and easily  
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garish   show, flashy, or gaudy  
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dismal   causing disparity lacking merit  
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calamity   disaster  
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sojourn   to live somewhere temporarily  
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abhors   to hate violently  
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inundation   an overflowing  
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pensive   in thought  
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arbitrate   to settle differences between 2 parties  
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martyr   a person who dies, suffers, or makes a sacrifice for a cause  
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valor   personal bravery  
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lament   expressing grief / sorrows  
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orisons   prayers  
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provision   a supply or preparation  
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abate   to lessen or end  
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detest   worthy of being hated  
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presage   an omen  
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pestilence   a destructive, swiftly spreading disease  
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quarantine   to restrain a disease  
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inexorable   unmovable, even by urgent begging  
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vengeance   inflicting punishment or pain out of revenge  
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peruse   to read leisurely  
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ensign   a flag, badge or emblem  
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paramour   a secret lover  
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inauspicious   not conducive to success; unpromising  
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purge   promising future failure or bad luck  
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