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TEWWG Chapter 6-10 Vocabulary Flashcards

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Conquetry

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Flirtatiousness

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Brute

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Animal, bully

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Discomfiture

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Embarrassed awkwardness

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Fodder

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Animal feed

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Fractious

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Troublesome, irritating

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Irked

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Irritated

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Indifference

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Showing no preference

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Loins

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The area below the waist (often) genitals

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Merciless

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Showing no mercy

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Promontories

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Areas of land that stick out from the mainland into the sea

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Prostrating

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Lying flat usually with face downward

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Reconciled

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Made amends, apologized

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Alliances

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Unions to promote common interests

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Confidants

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Friends; people that can be counted on for companionship

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Counterpane

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Bedspread

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Menial

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Degrading; small; unimportant

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Ostentatiously

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Pretentiously or excessively displayed

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Cur

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Mixed breed; Ill natured dog; a contemptuous person

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Insinuations

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Plodding or sinister remarks

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Refracted

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Deflected from a straight path

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Resurrection

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A revival or rebirth

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Usurper

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Someone or something that seizes by force

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Scimitars

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Curved swords

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Swaggered

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Strutted; walked insolently

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