"Danger of a Single Story" and "Two Kinds" Flashcards
1
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perceptive, feeling
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Impressionable
2
Q
current, ordinary
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Conventional
3
Q
private, subdued
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Domestic
4
Q
Fiber from a palm tree
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Rafia
5
Q
deign, snub
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Patronize
6
Q
baffling, unfathomable
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Incomprehensible
7
Q
English novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his work. Kipling’s works of fiction include the Jungle Book dilogy, Kim, the Just So Stories and many short stories, including The Man Who Would Be King.
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Rudyard Kipling
8
Q
Accuracy, Correctness
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Authenticity
9
Q
Cheat, defraud
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fleece
10
Q
wretched, base
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Abject
11
Q
evict, eject
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Dispossess
12
Q
allowance, quota
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Ration
