Vocabulary Flashcards

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Compulsion

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An irresistible urge to behave in a certain way, especially against one's conscious wishes.

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Meager

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Lacking in quantity or quality; insufficient.

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Threadbare

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(of cloth, clothing, or soft furnishings) becoming thin and tattered with age.

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Audible

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Able to be heard.

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Gnarled

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Knobbly, rough, and twisted, especially with age.

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Dispelled

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Made (a doubt, feeling, or belief) disappear.