Chapter Vocab Flashcards
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Petulant
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Bad tempered
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Debonair
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Elegant or well-bred
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Recrimination
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To accuse someone after they have accused you
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Erstwhile
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Former
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Tribulations
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Cause of great struggle
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Peremptory
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Insisting on immediate attention
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Invalid
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Not valid
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Disingenuously
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Being insincere
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Notorious
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Well known
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Asphyxiate
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Suffocate
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Transfix
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To cause someone to be motionless with horror, wonder, or astonishment
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Fecund
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Fruitless and fertility
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Staunchly
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Well built
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Germinate
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Being grown
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Reticent
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Not revealing ones thoughts or feelings
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Demurred
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To raise doubt
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Deferential
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Respectful
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Acquiesced
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To accept something reluctantly
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Impervious
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Impenetrable
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Magnanimously
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Noble
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Immodest
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Lacking decency
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Akimbo
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With hands on hips and elbows turned outward
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Dire
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Extremely serious
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Incredulous
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Unwilling
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Meddle
To interfere
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Simpering
To smile in a silly matter
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Meticulous
Showing great attention to detail
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Predatory
Relating to animals praying on others naturally
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Pervasive
Widely spread
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Leering
Gazing in a unpleasant way
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Self-effacing
Modest
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Paragon
A person or thing viewed as a model of excellence
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Decorum
Having good taste
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Disillusioned
Disappointed after discovering something or someone is not what it seemed
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Lamenting
Grieving
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Disconsolately
Hopelessly unhappy
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Extol
Praise enthusiastically
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Magnanimity
Generosity
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Implacable
Unable to be placed
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Crescendo
Music that increasing in volume
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Perspicacity
Having a ready insight into things
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Lugubrious
Looking or sounding sad
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Farce
An absurd event
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Delimited
Determined the limits of
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Feeble
Unable to make an intelligent decision
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Quaint
Attractively unusual or old fashioned
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Dilapidated
A state of ruin resulting from age or neglect
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Placid
Not easily upset or excited
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Doleful
Expressing sorrow
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Vestigial
A small piece of something once large
