Deck 1 Flashcards

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Pathos

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The power in ones life to evoke a feeling of compassion.

The final scene was a odd mixture of chaos and pathos.

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Conscience

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Inner sense of right and wrong in your actions, impelling you toward the right action

Even now, he says he is proud to have served his country with a clear conscience

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Assuaged

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To make less severe.

I assuaged the injury, by making him an ice pack.

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Apothecary

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Pharmacist

You find yourself in a turn of the century town with a apothecary and a barbershop

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Piety

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Reverence for God

The priest encouraged her to give some token of piety to the Gods.

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Stinginess

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Reluctant to spend

Parents that are not stingy, are the ones that get visited

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Chattels

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Personable property that can be moved, slave

If no goods or chattels can be found the officer will levy on the lands

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Taciturn

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Reluctant to join in conversation. Dour

The writer wants to learn why, Buford not tell his story hoping that the taciturn ex-leader will volunteer information

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Spittoon

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A large bowl often used for spit.

If you are going to spit, please do it in the spittoon.

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Unsullied

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Not soiled, untarnished

He has an unsullied public persona.

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