The Black Cat
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evita_michelle on February 25, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 expedient | appropriate to a particular purpose |
| arrested | stopped; checked |
| apparition | a ghost or specter |
| adjacent | next to; adjoining |
| docility | tameness; submissiveness |
| rigorous | harsh; strict |
| radical | carried to the farthest limit |
| felicity | great happiness |
| imperceptible | undetectable; not noticeable |
| atrocity | an atrocious action |
| succinctly | concisely; tersely; in few words |
| conflagration | a large and destructive fire |
| malevolence | ill will; wishing evil to others |
| jeopardize | imperil; cause loss or injury |
| stupefied | astounded; overwhelmed with amazement |
| allayed | lessened; diminished; reduced |
| sagacious | shrewd; wise |
| irrevocable | cannot be revoked or retracted |
| paltry | worthless; trifling; unimportant |
| perpetual | eternal; indefinitely long |
| scruple | ethical objection; principle |
| equivocal | ambiguous; questionable |
| loathing | detesting greatly; intense dislike |
| perverseness | condition of turning away from what is right |
| gossamer | delicate; light; insubstantial |
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