Ousides Vocab Ch. 1-5 Flashcards

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Madras

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Cotton shirt with plad pattern

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Asset

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Something valuable that one owns

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Loping

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To run with long strides

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Rarities

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Not common

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Savvy

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Well informed in something

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Irresistible

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Can’t be resisted

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Cowlick

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Part of the hair that grows in 2 different directions

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Unfathomable

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Can’t think about it

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Winced

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Flinched, slight voluntary movement

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Shanghaiing

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Kidnapping

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Vaguely

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Not clearly expressed

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Incredulous

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Skeptical

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Stalked

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To pursue stealthily

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Rebellious

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Resisting a authority

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Roguishly

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Acting rascally

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Fiery

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Hot tempered

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Nonchalantly

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Unexcited

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Bickering

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Arguing about something unimportant

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Smothered

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To stop fire by suffocating it

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Stricken

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To be hit

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Ornery

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Ugly, unpleasant

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Reeling

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To pull or draw away

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Premonition

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Anxiety over a future event

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Contemptuously

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Disrespectful

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Bewildering

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Extremely confusing

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Indignant

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Feeling strong displeasure

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Eluded

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To escape smartly, speedily, cleverly…

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Gorged

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To stuff yourself with food

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Sullenly

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Showing ill humor

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Wistful

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Characterized by yearning