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The kite Runner Vocab 2 Flashcards

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Incessant

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uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing

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Garrulous

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full of trivial conversation

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sift

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check and sort carefully

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pragmatic

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concerned with practical matters

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affable

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diffusing warmth and friendliness

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weary

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physically and mentally fatigued

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sober

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completely lacking in playfulness

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rotund

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spherical in shape

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exude

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make apparent by one’s mood or behavior

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omit

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leave undone or leave out

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sterile

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incapable of reproducing

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bellow

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shout loudly and without restraint

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disoriented

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having lost your bearings

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14
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reconcile

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make compatible with

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atone

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make amends for

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rueful

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feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses

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cursory

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hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough

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ruminate

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reflect deeply on a subject

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sneer

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a facial expression of contempt or scorn

20
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contemptuous

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expressing extreme scorn

21
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cavernous

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being or suggesting a large dark enclosed space

22
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stupefied

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in a state of mental numbness as resulting from shock

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morose

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showing a brooding ill humor

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inflict

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impose something unpleasant

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obliterate

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reduced to nothingness

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destitute

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poor enough to need help from others

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unadulterated

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without qualification; used informally as intensifiers

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profoundly

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to a great depth psychologically

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ravage

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make a pillaging or destructive raid on, as in wartime

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ample

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fairly large

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