TBT Part 4 Vocab Flashcards

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Beleaguer

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Surround ; Trouble; Harass

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Bemused

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Bewildered or confused

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Capitulate

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To surrender; give up resistance

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4
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Caustic

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Capable of burning; severely critical or sarcastic

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Dubious

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Doubtful

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Emaciated

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Abnormal thinness caused by lack of nutrition

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Emulate

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To try to equal or excel ; to imitate

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Girth

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The measure around anything; circumference

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Grotesquerie

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Of grotesque character

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Immutable

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Unchangeable

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Inaugural

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An address; to make a formal beginning of

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Iridescent

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Displaying a play of lustrous colors like those of the rainbow

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Ludicrous

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Causing laughter because of absurdity; ridiculous

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Morose

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Gloomily or sullenly

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Mortifying

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To humiliate or shame, as by injury to one’s pride or self-respect

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Ostracism

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Exclusion, by general consent

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Notorious

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Widely and unfavorably known

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Placidity

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Pleasantly calm or peaceful

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Prudently

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Wis or judicious in practical affairs

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Quelled

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To suppress; put and end to

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Sadistic

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Pertaining to or characterized by sadism

22
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Tirade

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A prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation

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Trounced

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To beat severely; thrash; punish