The Miracle Worker Vocab Flashcards

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Benign

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Good natured. Harmless

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Vivacious

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Very lively

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Indolent

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Lazy

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Impudence

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Disrespect. Rudeness

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Inarticulate

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Not expressed clearly to be understood

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Resurrection

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Rebirth

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Appraisal

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Evaluation. Sizing up

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Voluminous

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Large and bulky

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Caricature

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Exaggerated portrait for comedy

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Asperity

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Sharpness of temper

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Impassively

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Without emotion. Calmly

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Temperance

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Self restraint

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Ominous

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Threatening

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Deferential

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Showing polite respect

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Feigned

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Pretended or faked

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Retaliates

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Returns an injury or wrong doing

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Compunction

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Scruples. Feeling of guilt or regret before

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Interminably

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Endlessly

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Siege

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Stubborn, continued effort to win or control something

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Paroxysm

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Sudden outburst. Spasm (paroxysm of rage)

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Simultaneously

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At the same time

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Consummately

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Completely (wrong)

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Trepidation

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Fearful uncertainty

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Mediate

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Settle a dispute or argument by bringing two sides together

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Relinquishes

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Surrenders, give it up