One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 3 Flashcards by Olivia Hall | Brainscape

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Circumvent

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Avoid; dodge; miss; skirt

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Flouding

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Defying; ridiculing

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Remote

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Distant; faraway; removed; withdrawn

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Hovel

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Dump; hole; pigsty; shack

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Indigents

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Poverty-stricken; poor; needy

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forlornly

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Sadly; done with depression

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Ruddy

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Reddish; rosy; flushed

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Philanthropy

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Charity; benevolence; generosity toward mankind

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Chicanery

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Deception; deceit; dishonesty

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Effrontery

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Rudeness; nerve; gall

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Chastity

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Decency; modesty; purity; virtue; celibacy

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Arbitrate

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Mediate; negotiate; referee

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Irrevocable

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Unchangeable; irreversible; final

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Chastising

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Scolding; reprimanding; reproaching

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Atrocities

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Horrors; outrages; offenses

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Courtesan

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A prostitute

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Jezebel

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A wicked woman (originally, wicked queen of Israel)

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Dogged

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Determined; persistent; stubborn