Pages 56-69 Flashcards

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idle

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avoiding work; lazy

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indignantly

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in a manner indicating anger or annoyance at something perceived as unfair

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Heathenism

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a follower of peage

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Forlornly

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pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely

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Dejection

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a sad and depressed state; low spirits

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Sophisticate

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a person with much worldly experience and knowledge of fashion and culture.

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Accommodate

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provide lodging or sufficient space for.

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Mutilate

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inflict a violent and disfiguring injury on.

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Assimilationism

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the process of taking in and fully understanding information or ideas

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Incredulity

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the state of being unwilling or unable to believe something

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Recitation

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the action of repeating something aloud from memory

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Acutely

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(with reference to something unpleasant or unwelcome) intensel

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Haphazardly

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in a manner lacking any obvious principle of organization.

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