pages 69-77 Flashcards

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Raptly

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. Deeply moved or delighted; enraptured

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Exasperation

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a feeling of intense irritation or annoyance.

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Frantically

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in a distraught way owing to fear, anxiety, or other emotion.

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Beseechingly

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expressing or marked by earnest pleading or entreaty

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Immense

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extremely large or great, especially in scale or degree.

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Absorbs

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take in or soak up (energy or a liquid or other substance) by chemical or physical action.

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idle

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(of a person) 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 belief or practice of heathens; idolatry

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forlornly

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desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable, as in feeling, condition, or appearance

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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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make (someone or something) more sophisticated.

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accomootalate

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of physical space, especially a building) 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.t

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recitation

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the action of repeating something aloud from memory.

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acutcly

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(with reference to something unpleasant or unwelcome) intensely.

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haphazardly

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in a manner lacking any obvious principle of organization.