Mocking bird Vocab II Flashcards

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To reap

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cut or gather (a crop or harvest).

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Aloof

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an aloof, unfriendly manner
He stood aloof from worldly success.

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Tacit

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understood or implied without being stated.
“your silence may be taken to mean tacit agreement”

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Pestilence

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a fatal epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague.
“neither prayers nor demonstrations halted the advance of the pestilence”

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Benevolence

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the quality of being well meaning; kindness.

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Morbid

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characterized by an unusual interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects, especially death and disease.
“he had a morbid fascination with the horrors of contemporary warfare”

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