Handmaid's tale vocab Flashcards by Benjamin Kujawa | Brainscape

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Lugubrious

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Sad, gloomy; mournful

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oblong

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shape that is longerr than it is wide

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decampment

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act of leaving a place suddenly

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ordeal

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difficult and unpleasant experience

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truss

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to secure tightly

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parley

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to discuss between enemies

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querulous

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wanting to argue

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revel

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to enjoy

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defunct

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no longer working

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devout

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having strong religious faith

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scant

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very little

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painstaking

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requiring a lot of effort

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vessel

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container

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atrocity

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terrible deed

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uncouth

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unfamiliar; uncultured

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disconsolate

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cheerless; unhappy

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elusive

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mysterious, unknown

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ignominious

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deserving or causing public shame or disgrace

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perfunctory

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doing an afctivity with little thought, routine

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voraciously

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strong appetite, word usually denotes an unflattering greediness