Vocabulary Flashcards

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tumultuous

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adjective: loud and excited, disordered and chaotic

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sojourn

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noun, verb: 1. (v.) to live briefly in a place while traveling; 2. (n.) a visit as a temporary resident

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stimulus

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noun: something that causes something else to happen, an influence from outside a body that brings about a response in the body

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sentient

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adjective: able to use the five senses; aware

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annihilate

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verb: to destroy completely

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obscure

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adjective, verb: 1. (adj.) dark; covered, hidden by darkness; hard to see clearly, faint; hard to understand or explain; not famous, unknown; in an unknown location; 2. (v.) to hide, to keep from being seen

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inopportune

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adjective: happening at an inconvenient time

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amicable

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adjective: friendly, full of goodwill, without disagreement

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entreat

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verb: to beg or plead urgently, to try with feeling to persuade

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dissolute

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adjective: having low morals, corrupt