TBT Part 5 Vocab Flashcards

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Accosted

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To confront boldly; approach; a greeting

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Concerted

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Contrived or arranged by agreement; done or planned together

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Debilitate

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To make weak or feeble

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Desecrated

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To treat with sacrilege; profane

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5
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Deviants

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Departing from norm

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Diminutive

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small; little ; Patrick

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Dissipated

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Indulging in or characterized by excessive devotion to pleasure; dissolute

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Dour

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Sullen; Gloomy

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Entourage

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A group of attendants or associates

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Epitome

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A condensed account; abstract

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Frugal

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Economical in use or expenditure

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Gratuitous

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Given without charge or payment’ being without apparent reason

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Helm

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The place or post of control

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Irate

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Angry; enraged

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Litany

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A ceremonial or liturgical form of prayer ; a recitation or recital that resembles a litany

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Microcosm

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A little world

17
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Nostalgia

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A wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in ones life; a sentimental yearning

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Plethora

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Abundance

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Pallid

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Pale; Faint

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Repungnant

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Distasteful, offensive; Making opposition; averse

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Transfixed

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To make or hold motionless with amazement, awe, terror, etc.

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Unconscionable

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Not guided by conscience; unscrupulous