Chapter 6-9 Flashcards

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turgid

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ornate or complex style of language, inflated, pompous

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laudable

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deserving praise, commendable

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dilatory

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intended to cause delay, procrastinate, slow

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tumultuous

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raising a great clatter, disordely, noisy

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rancor

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bitter ressentment, hatred, malice

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inquest

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inquiry into the cause of an unexpected death

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tactful

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pilote, keen sense of what is appropriante

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forlorn

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hopelessness, despair, lonely

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corrugate

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become folded into ridges

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sparse

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thinly scattered, not dense

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sullen

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irritation or ill humour by a gloomy silence

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elude

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avoid or escape by speed, cleverness , trickery

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lethargic

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lazy, lacking énergumène, deficient in activity

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menagerie

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collection of live animals, *unusual and varied group of people

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harrowing

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extremly disturbing

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