Vocabulary Flashcards

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penury

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extreme poverty; pennilessness

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fraught

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full of, or likely to result in something unpleasant

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insinuate

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to imply or suggest

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annihilate

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to destroy completely or reduce to nothing

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liquidate

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convert into cash

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billet

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to lodge military personnel in a private home

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prominent

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standing out; most noticeable

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edict

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official proclamation or command

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surreptitiously

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done secretly so as to keep something from being discovered and disapproved of

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conflagration

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a war or conflict