Vocab for TFA

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Abomination

An object or individual that causes or is deserving of disgust or hatred.

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Capricious

Given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior.

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Console

To comfort (someone) at a time of grief or disappointment.

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Feign

To pretend to be affected by (a feeling, state, or injury)

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Interim

1) The time between events 2) describing a situation as being this way

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Intricate

(of a structure or idea) very complicated or detailed.

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Malevolent

Having or showing a wish to do evil to others.

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Prophesy

To predict or claim that (a specified thing) will happen in the future.

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Prowess

Skill or expertise in a particular activity or field, especially bravery in battle.

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Tentative

Not certain or fixed; done without confidence.

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Annihilation

complete destruction, defeat , or obliteration.

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Caste

A person’s class status (or a class system), when rigidly structured.

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Diffuse

1) To spread (or cause to spread) over a wide area or amongst large groups. 2) Spread out over a wide area, not concentrated

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Discern

To understand (a thing) through one of the senses or ( if abstract) the intellect.

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Impudent

Not showing due respect for another person.

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Inadvertent

Not resulting from or achieved through deliberate planning.

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Incipient

In an initial stage; beginning to happen or develop

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Miscreant

A person who behaves badly or in a way that breaks the law.

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Ominous

Giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is about happen.

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Sullen

Bad tempered and sulky; gloomy.

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Bouyant

1) Able to apt to stay afloat in a liquid; 2) cheerful and optimistic

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Desecrate

To treat ( a sacred place or thing) with violent disrespect; violate

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Emanate

1) (Of a smell or light) to issue or spread out from ( a source); 2) (of a concept or idea) to originate from or be produced by.

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Expedient

(Of an action) convenient and practical, frequent, because improper or immoral.

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Imminent

About to happen

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Indignity

Treatment or circumstances that cause one to feel shame or a loss or respect.

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Ostracize

To exclude (someone) from a society or group.

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Pacify

To soothe or calm the anger, agitation, or excitement of.

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Resilient

(of a person or animal( able to recover quickly from difficult conditions.

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Zeal

Near obsessive energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or an objective.