Book Thief Vocab Flashcards by Daria Wonderlick | Brainscape

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Allude

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To refer to

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Increment

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Amount of increase

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Trepidation

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Fear

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Hiatus

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a break or interruption

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Vehement

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Forcibly expressed, deeply felt

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Prolific

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Marked by abundant growth

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Castigate

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To punish, to criticize severely

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Aforementioned

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Mentioned previously

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Nefarious

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Flagrantly wicked

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Luminary

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A person of prominence or brilliant achievement

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Futility

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Uselessness

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Volatile

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Explosive

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Affability

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Kindness or amiability

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Incense

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To make very angry

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Diabolical

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Very wicked

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Incongruous

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Incompatible

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Innocuous

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Harmless, not controversial

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Ostracism

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Socially excluded

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Capitulate

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To give up, to stop resisting

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Archetype

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A perfect example, an original pattern or model

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Quell

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To reduce to submission

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Bemused

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Puzzled or distracted

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Placid

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Serene

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Immutable

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Unchanging was

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Fervent

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Marked by intense feeling

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Beleaguered

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Troubled or harrassed

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Tepid

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Lukewarm

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Machination

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Scheming action intending to cause evil

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Gratuitous

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Unwarranted or uncalled for

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Dour

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Gloomy or stern

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Vociferous

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Insensitively loud or bellowing

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Idyllic

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Picturesque in natural simplicity

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Altercation

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Noisy and angry argument

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Tirade

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Long and harsh speech

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Nonplussed

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At loss as to what to say

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Miscreant

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One who behaves criminally

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Apocalyptic

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Prophetic, forecasting final doom