Ivan Vocabulary Flashcards

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Alyosha

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The baptist

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Shukhov

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Main character

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Buinovsky

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Ex naval captain

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Tartar

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Guard on duty that woke them up

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Turin

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104th squad leader

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Fetiukov

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The lazy one of the 104th

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Limper

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Guard at mess hall

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Intermittent

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Not continuous or steady

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Malicious

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Intending harm

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Imperturbable

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Unable to be upset or excited; calm

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Allocating

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Distribute for a particular purpose

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Vexation

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The state of being annoyed, frustrated, worried

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Acquiring

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Buy or obtain for ones self

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Zeal

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Great energy in pursuit of a case or objective

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Contingency

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A future event or circumstance that is possible but cannot be predicted

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Curtailed

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Reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on

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Begrudge

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Envy someone

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Rancid

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Smelling or tasting unpleasant as a result of being old and stale

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Scanty

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small or insufficient in quantity or amount

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Inert

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Lacking ability or strength to move

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Vicious

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Deliberately cruel or violent

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Witheringly

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In a withering manner

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Consulting

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Engaged in the business of giving expert advice to people working in a professional or technical field

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Ruse

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An action intended to deceive someone a trick

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Taut

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Stretched or pulled tight

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Maneuver

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Movement or series of moves requiring skill and care

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Din

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Loud, unpleasant, prolonged noise

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Twinge

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A sudden, sharp localized pain

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Prerogative

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A right or privilege exclusive to a particular class

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Valenki

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Essential Russian footwear, made of felt

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Magara

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Russian food, bland Chinese oatmeal

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Kasha

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Oatmeal, cereal, real oat meal

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Civvies

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Civilian clothing

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Special camp

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Camps set up by soviet military; had to work

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Zek

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An inmate of a forced labor camp

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Dispensary

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Medical office provided by public or charitable funds

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Nikolai Semyonich

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Medical assistant in camp dispensary

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Stephan Grigorych

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Camp doctor

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Panteleyev

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Prisoner who gets out of work for “squealing” on the other prisoners

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Tsezar Markovich

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“Hodgepodge” of nationalities; prisoner film maker, receives a lot of packages

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Khromoi

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The mess orderly

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Lett

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From Letvia; sells tobacco

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Kolya Vdovushkin

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Medical assistant who writes on the side

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Lieutenant Volkovoi

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Camp security cheif; scared everyone, used a huge whip

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Two Estonians

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Prisoners that are close, but not brothers

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Senka Klevshin

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Deaf in one ear-hard of hearing

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Gopchik

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The young, quick worker that reminds Ivan of his son

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Kilgas

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Prisoner, hard worker, in for 25 years

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Der

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Building foreman