Vocabulary Flashcards

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Afflicted

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Grievously affected especially by disease

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Appraise

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Consider in a comprehensive way

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Asylum

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A hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced people

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Authentic

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Not counterfeit or copied

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Coroner

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An official who investigates death not due to natural causes

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Eccentric

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Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual

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Executor

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A person appointed to carry out the terms of the will

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Facade

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A showy misrepresentation to conceal something unpleasant

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Grapple

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Work hard to come to terms with or deal with something

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Poise

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Great coolness and composure under strain