Vocab words

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abscond

(v/adj) to hide oneself/hidden from view

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agnostic

(n/adj) relating to the belief existence of anything beyond is unknown

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caustic

(adj&n/v) burning, corrosive, destructive or tissue/to treat with caustic

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circumspect

(adj/n/v) attentive to everything/state of watchfulness/to inspect on all sides

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exodus

(n) a going out or forth

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penitent

(adj/n) a person who repents/a repentant sinner

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raillery

(n) teasing, mockery; (traveling by rail) a railway system

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renegade

(n/adj/v) a turncoat, a traitor/to abandon one’s religion to become a renegade

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repose

(n,v1,v2) rest by ceasing to exert oneself/to place confidence in someone/to lie on something

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retribution

(n) punishment for bad conduct, criminal actions, etc

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scourge

(n/v) a whip, lash (torture)/to beat with a scourge, to whip severely

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taciturn

(adj) characterized by silence, reserved in speech

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terse

(adj/n) freed from verbal redundancy, neatly concise/christian church

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uncanny

(adj) not quite safe to trust or have dealings with, strange/mysterious

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vindicate

(v) to clear from censure, criticism, or doubt

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