Lesson 8 Flashcards by Akol Mawein

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Bludgeon

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To struck with a club

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Cursory

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Performed quickly with little attention

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Eloquent

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Expressive and moving speech

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Forlorn

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Hopeless and pitiful

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Innumerable

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To numerous to be counted

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Murky

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Dark and gloomy

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Ordeal

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Painful or difficult experience

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Pheonix

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A mythological bird that burned itself and rose from ashes with renewed youth and vigor

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Rebuff

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To refuse bluntly

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Scrupulous

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Very attentive to what is wrong and right

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Specter

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A ghostly apparition

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Textile

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Cloth made from weaving or knitting

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Ultimatum

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A final demand or threat

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Vanguard

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The forward most units of an advancing army

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Apathy

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A lack of interest or emotion

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