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Raisin Vocab Flashcards

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undistinguished

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(adj) common; nothing special

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pretense

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(n) pretending or feigning; make-believe; a false show of something

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exasperated

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(adj) irritated; provoked; irked

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viciously

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(adverb) with violence or fury

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sullen

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(adj) showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve

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vindicated

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(v) cleared of accusation, blame, or doubt

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proposition

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(n) a suggested plan

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vengeance

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(n) revenge

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tentatively

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(adverb) uncertainly

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furtively

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(adv) stealthily; in a way that hides motive

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futile

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(adj) useless

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tyrant

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(n) dictator; harsh ruler

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forlornly

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(adverb) pitifully; desperately; hopelessly

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mutilated

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(adj) maimed; damaged

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assimilationism

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(n) belief that minority cultures should be absorbed into a dominant culture

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insinuatingly

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(adverb) with more meaning than is spoken; implied

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haphazardly

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(adverb) carelessly

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arrogant

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(adj) proud; haughty

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eccentric

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(adj) deviating from the norm; strange

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oppressive

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(adj) tyrannical

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cliché

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(n) trite or overused expression or idea

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plaintively

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(adverb) sorrowfully; pathetically

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menacingly

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(adverb) threateningly

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exuberant

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(adj) marked by unrestrained enthusiasm

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presumably

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(adverb) probably; reasonably supposed

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rebuff

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(n) blunt refusal

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revelation

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(n) new information

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amiably

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(adverb) good-naturedly

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ludicrous

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(adj) ridiculous

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ominous

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(adj) menacing; threatening

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plunder

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(v) to rob; to loot

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wrought

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(v) shaped; made

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monologue

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(n) long speech by one person

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eccentricity

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(n) quality of being strange or unusual in behavior

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epitaph

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(n) inscription on a tombstone

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amid

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(adverb) among; in the midst of

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