READING Flashcards

Sherlock Holmes vocabulary (18 cards)

1
Q

Progeny

A

offspring

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2
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archnemesis

A

rival

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3
Q

inconsolable

A

Heartbroken, comfortless

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4
Q

sir Walter Scott

A

Creater of the historical novel Ivanhoe

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5
Q

genesis

A

beginning

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6
Q

rector

A

head of church

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7
Q

charge

A

allegation

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8
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exhumed

A

unearthed, removed from place of burial

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9
Q

aficionados

A

fans

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10
Q

demise

A

death

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11
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burgeoning

A

rising,growing

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12
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subsequently

A

after, afterwards

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13
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subtlest

A

slick,fine

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14
Q

engendered

A

to develop

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15
Q

moot

A

debatable

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16
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induced