Chapter 1 Vocabulary Flashcards by Max Schoenbrun | Brainscape

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Apothecary

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One who sells or prepares medicine; a pharmacist

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Ambled

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Walk slowly and relaxed

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Assuaged

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Relieve something unpleasant

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Beadle

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Caretaker of a synagogue

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Brethren

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Members of the same group

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Corsets

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Stiff garment work by women to shape the body

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Dictum

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Pronounciation

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Domiciled

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Resident somewhere

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Eaves

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Part of a roof

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Foray

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Exploration of something unfamiliar

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Human chattels

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Humans considered property

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Impotent

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Powerless

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Impudent

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Rude or showing no respect

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Malevolent

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Wanting to cause harm

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Methodists

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Member of the Methodist Church

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Piety

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Religious devotion

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Predilection

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A special preference

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Ramrod

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Rod used to load a firearm

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Repertoire was vapid

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Performance was not interesting

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Scold

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Speak harshly to reprimand as a consequence

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Spittoon

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Receptacle where tobacco chewers spit

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Strictures

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A limit or restriction

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Taciturn

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Silent by nature

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Unsullied

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Perfect; untarnished

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Veranda

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A porch that is usually roofed