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GC 1-101 quiz Flashcards

1
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Adapt something wild to the environment

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cultivate

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2
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The necessary means (especially financial means)

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wherewithal

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3
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Deeply or seriously thoughtful

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contemplative

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4
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Greatest in importance, degree, or significance

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preeminent

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5
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Stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate

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cantankerous

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6
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Assign to a lower position

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relegate

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7
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Relating to or being a large and stately residence

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palatial

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8
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Capable of stirring enthusiasm or excitement

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rousing

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9
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A group of a people who have no permanent home

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nomad

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10
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Providing no shelter or sustenance

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desolate

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11
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Marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences

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foolhardy

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12
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A word that is formed with a suffix to indicate smallness

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diminutive

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13
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Deliberately vague or ambiguous

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evasive

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13
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Influence or urge by gentle caressing or flattering

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wheedle

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14
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Tending to move away from the middle

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centrifugal

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15
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Shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges

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corrugated

16
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Persuade (someone) to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery

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cajole

17
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Concise and full of meaning

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pithy

18
Q

Move about or proceed hurriedly

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scuttle

19
Q

A wanderer with no established residence or means of support

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vagrant

20
Q

Father of the Walls family, holds the dream of Glass Castle, gives Venus to Jeanette, bumps back and forth on jobs

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Rex Walls

21
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Mother of the Walls family, an aspiring artist, former teacher Mary S. Black elementary school

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Rose Mary Walls

22
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Eldest Walls sibling, helps her mom with teaching, wants to an artist

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Lori Walls

23
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2nd oldest sibling, gets thrown out of the Green Caboose, sexually assaulted by Billy Deel

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Jeanette Walls

24
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3rd oldest sibling, comic book gets given to prostitute at Green Lantern, hides in bush to fight against 3 older girls

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Brian Walls

25
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Youngest sibling, asks “Where Dad” is

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Maureen Walls

26
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Deceased child, died at 9 months old in crib where Rex found her, Jeanette is the replacement child for her

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Mary Charlene Walls

27
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has a lopsided head, a drunk dad, wants Jeanette to be his girlfriend, sexually harasses her

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Billy Deel

28
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Rex Walls’s mom, wanted Maureen to be named after her

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Erma Walls

29
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Always argues with Rex and Rose Mary, offers to help the Walls family, died so Walls family takes her house

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Grandma Smith

30
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Theme: Parents’s values can affect how they discipline their children

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  • Rose Mary thinks no rules is good for children so they can learn from mistakes
  • Rex Walls almost lets Jeanette drown in able for her to learn how to swim

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