Chapter 4 Flashcards

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mauled: verb

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beat, battered, or tore at a person or animal

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aloof: adj

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uninvolved with people or events; remote

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meager: adj

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unsatisfactorily small; unsatisfying

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liniment: noun

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a pain-relieving cream or ointment

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fawning: adj

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attempting to please with flattery

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disarming: adj

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charming; friendly or trusting

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scornful: adj

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feeling or expressing great contempt for someone or something

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brutally: adv

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in an unrelentingly harsh or cruel way

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indignation: noun

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anger about an unfairness or wrongdoing

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averted: verb

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turned away

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appraised: verb

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looked over; made a judgment about

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crestfallen: adj

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downcast, disappointed, or humiliated

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