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Book 11 · College prep
Chapter 15 · List 15 · City & society
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archives (n pl)
Historical records.
chattel (n)
An item of property.
commodious (adj)
Roomy.
conflagration (n)
A great destructive fire.
limbo (n)
A state of in-between.
lineage (n)
Line of descent.
listless (adj)
Lacking energy.
metropolis (n)
A large important city.
perfunctory (adj)
Done quickly with minimal effort.
pristine (adj)
Unspoiled.
ramshackle (adj)
In a state of severe disrepair.
sequester (v)
To isolate.
subvert (v)
To undermine.
terminus (n)
An endpoint.
virulent (adj)
Bitterly hostile.