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apathy a lack of interest or emotion bludgeon (v) to strike with a club (n) a short heavy club with one end heavier than the other cursory performed quickly with little attention to detail eloquent clear, expressive, and moving in speech forlorn wretched, hopeless, and pitiful innumerable too numerous to be counted murky 1. dark and gloomy 2. cloudy; unclear ordeal a painful or difficult experience phoenix 1. a bird of Egyptian mythology that periodically burned itself up and then rose from the ashes with renewed youth and vigor 2. a person or thing of unmatched quality rebuff (v) to refuse bluntly (n) a blunt refusal scrupulous 1. very attentve to what is right and wrong 2. extremely attentive to detail; meticulous specter 1. a ghostly apparition 2. a mental image of an unsettling thing or event textile cloth made from weaving or knitting ultimatum a final demand or threat vangaurd 1. the forwardmost unit of of an advanicng army 2. any group leading a new trend in a certain field Vocabulary Power Plus Book H

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