Vocabulary Flashcards

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Anguish (n.)

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Severe mental or physical pain or suffering

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Apprehensive (adj.)

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Anxious or nervous that something bad will happen

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Assuage (v.)

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Make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense

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Chastise (v.)

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To harshly scold or discipline

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Compulsive (adj.)

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Motivated by an obsessive urge to do something

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Condemn (v.)

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Force (someone) to endure something unpleasant or undesirable

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Confide (v.)

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To trust someone with a secret

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Dystopia (n.)

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An imagined, nightmarish society in which people are oppressed and all aspects of their lives are controlled by the government

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Excruciating (adj.)

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Extremely—almost unbearably—painful

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Implore (v.)

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Desperately beg someone to do something