A Seperate Peace Flashcards

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Contentious

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Controversial, argumentative, quarrelsome

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Tacit

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Unvoiced or unspoken, understood without being openly expressed

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Irate

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Enraged

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Inveigle

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To entice or lure by artful talk

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Consternation

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A sudden, alarming amazement or dread

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Rhetorically

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Spoken in a manner not intended to elicit a reply

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Seigneurs

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Feudal lords

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Eloquence

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Fluent, forceful speech

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Indulgent

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Yielding to the wishes or desires of oneself or another

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Inane

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Lacking sense or ideas, empty or void

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Resonant

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Deep and full of sound

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Conniver

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One who gives aid to wrongdoing by pretending not to know or notice

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Infer

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To conclude by reasoning from premises or evidence

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Venerable

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Respected due to great age or associated dignity

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Inured

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Toughened or accustomed by extended experience

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Anarchy

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A state or society without government or law

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Fey

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Strange or otherworldly

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Insidious

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Treacherous, marked by hidden dangers, hazards or perils

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Blitzkrieg

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An overwhelming all-out attack