Chapters 8-12 Flashcards

0
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Spoke unsteadily; stammered

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Faltered

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1
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Without the capability of taking action or feeling emotion

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Rumbly

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2
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Similarity of appearance; likeness

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Resemblance

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3
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To distract; to turn away from

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Divert

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4
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Showing persistent effort; inflexibility; stubbornly; tenaciously

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Doggedly

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5
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Severe; extreme; intense

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Mortal

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6
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Making an ugly or contorted facial expression, indicating pain, disapproval, ect.

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Grimacing

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7
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Warmly; lovingly; fondly

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Affectionately

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8
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The condition of being superior or better than

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Superiority

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9
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A person whose actions or ideas are concise red harmful or dangerous

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Menace

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10
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Acting according to social standards or practices; compliance

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Conformity

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11
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Suppressed; withheld

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Stifled

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12
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Scorn; disgrace; dishonor; disapproval

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Contempt

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13
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Drew together; shrunk; condensed

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Contracted

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14
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Intense physical or mental suffering

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Agony

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15
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Mental numbness; daze; lessening of sensibility

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Stupor

16
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Not clearly; showing a lack of understanding

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Vaguely

17
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Injury to the brain or spinal cord due to a blow or fall

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Concussion

18
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Wandering in the mind and talking complete nonsense

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Delirious

19
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Likely

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Liable

20
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Worshipped; regarded with great adoration

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Idolized

21
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Arrogant; conceited

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Cocky

22
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Comment

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Remark

23
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Dressed

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Clad

24
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Wincing; recoiling

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Flinching

25
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Declared not guilty

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Acquitted

26
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Short essay written as a school assignment

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Composition

27
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Polite and without being too blunt; indirect

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Roundabout

28
Q

Stale; unoriginal

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Corny

29
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Swerved

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Veered

30
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Immense; of a very great area or extent

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Vast