Short Story Vocab Flashcards by victoria k | Brainscape

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Palpable

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Adjective

Seeming as if it can be touched

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indolently

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adverb

adverse to activity, lazy

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quarry

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noun

prey

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cosmopolite

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Noun

a person of wide expierence

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ardent

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adjective

Very enthuastic

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droll

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adjective

amusing funny

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solitiously

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adverb

full of interested concern

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futile

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adjective

serving no useful purpose

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repast

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noun

food/ a meal

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profusley

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adverb

in great abundance

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boisterious

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adjective

rowdy noisy

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reprimand

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noun

severe critisim/ scolding

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civic

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adjectibve

relating to a city

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jovial

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adjective

good humoured/ merry

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pharapherhailia

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noun

article or equitment

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perfunctory

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adjective

lacking in intrest/ enthusiam

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interminably

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adverb

seeming to have no end

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surly

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adjective

menincing/ hostile

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ferious

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adjective
with extreme intensity
Fierce

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notion

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noun

a whim or idea

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recitation

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noun

reading aloud

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treachery

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noun

a violation of trust

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furtive

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adjective
done in a stealthy way
Sly/shifty

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cowering

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verb

cringing in fear/ shame

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doctrines

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noun
a religious tenent
Something that is taught

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clabber

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noun

sour milk

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dasher

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Noun

Plunging cream in a churn

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heritage

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noun

tradition

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trifle

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noun

something of little value

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distainful

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adjective

Vile/scornful

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aquiescence

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Noun

to accept/comply

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detained

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verb

to keep in custody

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shabby

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adjective

threadbare/ faded /worn

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indecisive

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adjective
not decisive
Not settleing

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scrutinized

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verb

to examine closley and throughly

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aprehensive

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adjective

Unneasy or fearful

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incisvely

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adjective

Acurate, clear and direct

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evasion

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noun

the act of escape/ avoiding notice

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facetiously

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adverb

joking inapproitly/ not serious