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Our Town Vocab Flashcards

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1
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Belligerent

A

Warlike

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Diligent

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Hardworking

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Contriving

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Plotting

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Exasperated

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irritated or extremely annoyed

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Careening

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Swaying, tipping to one side

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Affronted

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insulted

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Musingly

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Absorbed in thought

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Unobtrusively

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Not obvious

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9
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Cynicism

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Mournful

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10
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Gingham

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Garment made out of cotton fabric, usually woven in stripes, checks or plaid

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Hellotrope

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A plant with fragrant white or purple flowers

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Sentinel

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guard or sentry

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13
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Meterologist

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having to do with the weather

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14
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orations

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formal speeches

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crestfallen

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disheartened

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hallowed

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set a part as holy

17
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discretion

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the ability or power to decide responsibly

18
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shroud

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a cloth used to wrap a body for burial

19
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alacrity

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prompt and cheerful response

20
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conceit

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excessively high opinion of ones own ability and worth

21
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despairing

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hopeless, despondent, discouraged

22
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Languid

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slow, sluggish, listless, weak

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muse

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to ponder

24
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Savant

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A scholar, a learned person

25
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shrill

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Highpitched or piercing as a sound

26
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vestiges

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remanants, traces, remains

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legacy

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a gift by will somethign handed down by an ancestor

28
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congregation

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a body of assembled people or things; a gathering

29
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agrarian

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pertaining to farming

30
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banal

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meaningless, commonplace

31
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caprice

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an implusive change of mind

32
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ennui

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boredom

33
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laconic

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using a few words, concise

34
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mendacious

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untruthful

35
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obviate

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to prevent

36
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Perennial

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continual; enduring

37
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schism

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split; discord

38
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voracious

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very greedy

39
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omniscient

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knows everything; universal; all knowledge

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