vocab aug 20 2018

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Abandon
Abandon means cease to support or look after someone
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maroon
Maroon means to leave someone trapped and alone in an inaccessible place, especially in an island
unprecedented
something that is unprecedented is not known, experienced or not done before
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unsurpassed
if the play you are watching is unsurpassed, you never seen that's one better
Stranded
If you are stuck somewhere with no way of getting any where else
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Ashore
when you go ashore you move from the water to land usually in a boat
Respite
a short period of rest or relief from difficult one or unplesant
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interlude
intervening period; an Interval
estrangement
The fact of no longer being on friendly terms or part of social group termes as estrangement
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Schism
Schism refers to a split or division between strongly opposed sections or parties caused by differences in opinion or belief
Conviction
A firmly held belief or opinion is called a conviction
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Doctrine
Doctrine means an opinion or belief
Discourse
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Deliberation
Threshold
A level, point, value above which something is true
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Ceiling
Ceiling means the uppermost limit set on something
prevailing
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most common
escalating
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to increase quickly
Confrontation
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confrontation is strong disaggrement
Earnest
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you are serious about something
amiable
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a friendly pleasant person could be described as amiable
cloaked
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covered with cloak or cloth
secondment
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the detachement of person from regular organization
prophesied
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a prediction
rhetoric
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rhetoric is speaking or writing that intended to persuade
intended
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resulting from one's intention
persuade
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if you talk into something you have been persuaded
euphoria
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describe feeling of happiness or well being
intrusion
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a deliberate move into someone's territory
exile
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if you are exiled from the place you should not return

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