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Title: A Separate Peace Vocab

Description: second half of A separate peace vocabulary

Total Flash Cards: 16

Created: 04/13/2011 18:14:33

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Insidious
 Definition
stealthily treacherous or deceitful
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Visionary
 Definition
a person who is given to audacious, highly speculative, or impractical ideas or schemes; dreamer
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Culminate
 Definition
to reach the highest point, summit, or hightest development
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Fratricide
 Definition
the act of killing one's brother
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Convalenscence
 Definition
the gradual recovery of health and strength after illness
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Parody
 Definition
to imitate poorly or feebly; travesty
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Effulgence
 Definition
Shining forth brilliantly; radiant
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Venerable
 Definition
commanding respect because of great age or impressive dignity; worthy of veneration or reverence, as because of high office or noble character
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Specters
 Definition
ghost; phantom; apparition
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Enmity
 Definition
a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; antagonism
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Apse
 Definition
a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church
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Emblem
 Definition
sign, design, or figure that identifies or represents something
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Irresolutely
 Definition
doubtful; infirm of purpose; vacillating
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Sententious
 Definition
self-righteous
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Undulation
 Definition
one of a series of wavelike bends, curves, or elevations
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Solace
 Definition
comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or a trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort