I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Vocab part 1 Flashcards

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Animosity

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ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility: an antagonistic attitude

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Apprehension

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suspicion or fear especially of future evil: FOREBODING

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Benign

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of gentle disposition: GRACIOUS

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Berate

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to scold or condemn vehemently and at length

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Bombastic

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marked by or given to BOMBAST: POMPOUS OVERBLOWN

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Cacophony

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harsh or discordant sound 2 specifically: harshness in the sound of words or phrases

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Ceaseless

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continuing without CEASE: CONSTANT

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Heinous

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hatefully or shockily evil:ABOMINABLE

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imperceptible

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not perceptible by a sense or by the mind: extremely sligh, gradual , or subtle

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Impermanent

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not permanent TRANSIENT

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Impudent

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marked by contemptuous or cocky boldness or disrefard of others: INSOLENT

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Magnanimous

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showing or suggesting nobility of feeling and generosity of mind

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Perfunctory

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1 characterized by routine or superficiality: MECHANICAL

2:lacking in interest or enthusiasm

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Placate

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to soothe or mollify especially by concessions: APPEASE

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Pretentious

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exxpresssive of affected, unwarranted or exaggerated importance, worth or stature

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Recourse

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1a: a turning someone or something for help or protection b: a source of help or strength

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Torturous

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Painfully difficult or slow

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Tribulation

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distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution

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unscrupulous

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not scrupulous:UNPRINCIPLED

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Vernacular

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1a: Using a language or dialect native region or country rather than a literary cultured foreign language b of relating to or being nostandard language dialect of a place region or country c: of relating to or being the normal spoken forma of a language