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What does 'succorless' mean?
What does 'succorless' mean?
- To steal something by using force
- Very disappointing
- A state of sadness
- Being without help in a desperate situation (correct)
What is the meaning of 'lamentable'?
What is the meaning of 'lamentable'?
- Very disappointing (correct)
- Extremely harmful
- To beg
- To hate something because it's morally wrong
What does 'entreated' mean?
What does 'entreated' mean?
To beg
What does 'afflictions' refer to?
What does 'afflictions' refer to?
What does 'plunder' mean?
What does 'plunder' mean?
What is the meaning of 'melancholy'?
What is the meaning of 'melancholy'?
What does 'decrepit' mean?
What does 'decrepit' mean?
What is the definition of 'fain'?
What is the definition of 'fain'?
What does 'abate' mean?
What does 'abate' mean?
What is a 'contrivance'?
What is a 'contrivance'?
What does 'omnipotent' mean?
What does 'omnipotent' mean?
What does 'abhor' mean?
What does 'abhor' mean?
What does 'abominable' mean?
What does 'abominable' mean?
What does 'ascribed' mean?
What does 'ascribed' mean?
What does 'induce' mean?
What does 'induce' mean?
What is meant by 'apprehension'?
What is meant by 'apprehension'?
What does 'alleviate' mean?
What does 'alleviate' mean?
What does 'interspersed' mean?
What does 'interspersed' mean?
What does 'commodious' mean?
What does 'commodious' mean?
What is 'consternation'?
What is 'consternation'?
What does 'improvident' mean?
What does 'improvident' mean?
What is 'avarice'?
What is 'avarice'?
What is 'rouge' used for?
What is 'rouge' used for?
What does 'copious' mean?
What does 'copious' mean?
What does 'pestilential' refer to?
What does 'pestilential' refer to?
What does 'fetters' mean?
What does 'fetters' mean?
What is a 'scruple'?
What is a 'scruple'?
What does 'arduous' mean?
What does 'arduous' mean?
What does 'rectitude' mean?
What does 'rectitude' mean?
What does 'facilitate' mean?
What does 'facilitate' mean?
What does 'subsequent' mean?
What does 'subsequent' mean?
What does 'eradicate' mean?
What does 'eradicate' mean?
What is a 'precept'?
What is a 'precept'?
What does 'trifling' mean?
What does 'trifling' mean?
What does 'venery' refer to?
What does 'venery' refer to?
What does 'unremitting' mean?
What does 'unremitting' mean?
What is 'solace'?
What is 'solace'?
What does 'insidious' mean?
What does 'insidious' mean?
What does 'martial' mean?
What does 'martial' mean?
What is 'supplication'?
What is 'supplication'?
What does 'avert' mean?
What does 'avert' mean?
What does 'spurned' mean?
What does 'spurned' mean?
What does 'inviolate' mean?
What does 'inviolate' mean?
What does 'adversary' mean?
What does 'adversary' mean?
What does 'vigilant' mean?
What does 'vigilant' mean?
What does 'inevitable' mean?
What does 'inevitable' mean?
What does 'formidable' mean?
What does 'formidable' mean?
What does 'remonstrated' mean?
What does 'remonstrated' mean?
What does 'delusive' mean?
What does 'delusive' mean?
What does 'base' mean?
What does 'base' mean?
What is an 'infidel'?
What is an 'infidel'?
What does 'Tories' refer to?
What does 'Tories' refer to?
What does 'Whigs' mean?
What does 'Whigs' mean?
What does 'ardor' mean?
What does 'ardor' mean?
What does 'sottish' mean?
What does 'sottish' mean?
What does 'chastise' mean?
What does 'chastise' mean?
What are 'Hessians'?
What are 'Hessians'?
What does 'precipitate' mean?
What does 'precipitate' mean?
What does 'celestial' mean?
What does 'celestial' mean?
What does 'dominion' refer to?
What does 'dominion' refer to?
What is 'tyranny'?
What is 'tyranny'?
What does 'impious' mean?
What does 'impious' mean?
What is 'pretense'?
What is 'pretense'?
What does 'ravage' mean?
What does 'ravage' mean?
What does 'relinquished' mean?
What does 'relinquished' mean?
Study Notes
Vocabulary Flashcards Overview
- Succorless: Refers to a state of desperation without any help.
- Lamentable: Describes something that is deeply disappointing.
- Entreated: Means to urgently beg or implore someone.
- Afflictions: Involves any cause of physical or mental pain.
- Plunder: The act of stealing through force or violence.
Emotional and Physical States
- Melancholy: A prolonged state of sadness or gloom.
- Decrepit: Describes something that is worn out or weakened by age.
- Fain: Expresses happiness or pleasure.
- Apprehension: The fear or anxiety about a future event.
- Solace: A source of comfort in distress.
Actions and Effects
- Abate: Means to lessen or reduce in intensity.
- Induce: Refers to the act of persuading someone to do something unwise.
- Facilitate: To make a process or action easier to accomplish.
- Eradicate: Refers to completely destroying or eliminating something.
Morality and Ethical Considerations
- Abhors: To have a strong aversion or hatred for something deemed morally wrong.
- Rectitude: Refers to morally correct behavior or thinking.
- Scruple: A feeling of doubt or hesitation regarding morality.
Traits and Characteristics
- Omnipotent: Describes an entity that is all-powerful or all-knowing.
- Improvident: Indicates carelessness about future planning.
- Vigilant: Refers to a state of being watchful or alert to danger.
- Insidious: Characterized by gradual and harmful effects; sly in nature.
Social and Political Concepts
- Adversary: A person or group opposing another; an opponent.
- Tyranny: A form of government where power is concentrated in a single ruler.
- Hessians: German soldiers hired by Britain during the Revolutionary War.
- Tories and Whigs: Two opposing political factions during the American Revolutionary era.
Descriptive Terms
- Copious: Abundant or plentiful in quantity.
- Consternation: A feeling of dismay or confusion, often due to an unexpected event.
- Pestilential: Referring to something that is extremely harmful or lethal.
- Formidable: Connotes something that inspires fear or respect due to its size or strength.
Miscellaneous
- Precept: A guiding principle or rule of conduct.
- Ravage: To cause severe and extensive damage.
- Delusive: Misleading or based on false perceptions.
- Chastise: To criticize or reprimand harshly.
Other Noteworthy Terms
- Venery: Refers to activities related to the pursuit of sexual gratification.
- Ardor: Intense enthusiasm or passion for something.
- Fetters: Chains or shackles used to restrain movement.
- Subsequent: Something that follows in time or order.
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