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1
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Define juncture

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A particular point in event or time

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2
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Define recumbent

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Lying down

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3
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Define droned

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Speak tediously in a dull tone

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4
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Define lumbered

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Move in a slow, heavy, awkward way

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5
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Define scoffed

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Having spoken to someone or about something in a mocking way

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6
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Define skeptically

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Not easily convinced

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7
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Define morosely

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Selena or I’ll-tempered

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Defined grizzled

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Cried fretfully

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9
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Define mollified

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Reduce the severity of something

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10
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Define pugnacious

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Eager or quick to argue

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11
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Define ominously

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Something that suggests that something bad is going to happen

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12
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Define plaintively

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Sounding sad or mournful

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13
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Define brusquely

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Abrupt or offhand

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14
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Define raptly

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Completely fascinated by what one is seeing or hearing

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15
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Define subsided

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Become less intense

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16
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Define reprehensible

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Deserving censure or condemnation

17
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Define bemused

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Puzzle, confuse, or bewilder

18
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Define cowering

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Crouch down in fear

19
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Define wryly

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Using or expressing dry, especially mocking, humor

20
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Define mauled

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A wound by scratching and tearing

21
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Define aloof

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Not friendly or forthcoming, cool and distant

22
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Define fawning

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Give a servile display of exaggerated flattery or affection

23
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Define apprehension

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Anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant will happen

24
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Define sullenness

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A sulky or depressed mood

25
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Define contemptuously

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In a scornful way that shows disdain

26
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Define averted

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Turn away

27
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Define crestfallen

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Sad and disappointed