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Angela's Ashes Vocab Flashcards

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Excessively talkative

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Loquacious

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Lazy; lacking in ambition

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Shiftless

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Devotedly religious

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Pious

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Arrogant, self-important

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Pompous

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Harsh sound

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Cacophony

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Chronic inflammation of the nose and air passages

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Catarrh

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Outhouse, privy

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Jakes

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Dark red

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Puce

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In the Roman Catholic Church, periods of prayer lasting nine days

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Novenas

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During prohibition, places were alcohol were sold illegally

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Speakeasies

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Female domestic servant

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Skivvy

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Sad, downcast

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Hangdog

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Handout of government funds to the unemployed

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Dole

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Terms of endearment for children

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Dotes

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Treachery fags; cigarettes

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Perfidy

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Certificate giving the holder the right to buy goods

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Docket

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Acting like a vagabond

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Blaguarding

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Thin slices of bacon or ham

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Rashers

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Trucks

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Lorries

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Indescribable

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Ineffable

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Complaining

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Grousing

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Pardonable

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Venial

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Dishonest cunning

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Guile

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Jersey

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Gansey

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Loaf or sausage made from parts of the pig, especially the head

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Brawn

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Orange-yellow

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Saffron

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Stomach tissue of the ox

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Tripe

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Head

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Poll

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Roman Catholic devotional association of lay people

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Sodality

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Robbers of pedestrians

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Footpads

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Coward

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Poltroon

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Numerous

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Legion

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Armpit

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Oxter

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Give someone a lecture as a rebuke

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Read

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Small private rooms in pubs

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Snugs

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Pardons from earthly punishment for sin

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Plenary Indulgences

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Upper balcony in the theater

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Gods

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Napkins

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Serviettes

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Dressed finely

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Togged out

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Small vehicle used to make deliveries

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Float

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Locks of hair

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Quiffs

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Unpaid, overdue debt

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Arrears

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Predicting

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Boding

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Meaningful and concise

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Pithy

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Clever

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Adroit

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Forced to accept

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Foisted

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Narrow county lane

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Boreen

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Relating to an acidic compound that is used as a disinfectant

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Carbolic

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Robe worn by Roman Catholic clergyman

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Cassock

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Horizontal crossbar over a door

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Transom

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Prone to bring a lawsuit against

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Litigious

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Lawyer

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Barrister

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Diligence

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Assiduity

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Small flag

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