Literature - The Dinner Party Vocabulary Flashcards

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Spacious

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roomy, plenty of room

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Naturalist

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someone who studies animals and plants

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Attaché

A

someone who works for another country’s embassy in India

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3
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Rafters

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a beam forming part of the internal framework of a roof

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Veranda

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a roofed platform along the outside of a house, level with the ground floor

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Impulse

A

a sudden strong and unreflective urge or desire to act

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Arresting

A

striking; eye-catching

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Sobers

A

make or become more serious, sensible, and solemn

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Forfeit

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lose or be deprived of (money) as a penalty for wrongdoing

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Rupees

A

currency in India

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Emerge

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move out of or away from something and become visible

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