TKAM 1 Flashcards

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Assuaged

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To make a feeling less intense

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Tactiturn

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uncommunicative

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imprudent

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reckless

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entity

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a being or living life form

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predilection

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a preference for something

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conceded

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to surrender or admit being wrong

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effect

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to cause a change

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foray

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a raid or an attack

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iniquities

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severely unfair behavior

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unfathomable

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incapable of being fully understood

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accosted

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to approach aggressively

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procured

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to obtain something after some effort

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caricatures

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an imitation of a person with exaggerated feature or characteristics

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quelled

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to put an end to something unpleasing

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inordinately

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unusual amounts

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aberrations

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an act that is abnormal, unusual

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cordial

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sincere, heartfelt

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donned

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put on or dressed in

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deportment

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behavior

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mortify

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humiliate or shame

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constituted

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create or established

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porter

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a person whose job is to carry bags

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feeble

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weak physically or intellectually

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erractically

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wander off course

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passe

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no longer on trend

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bedecked

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decorated in a showy way

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contentious

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causing argument

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innate

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existing from birth

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antagonize

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to make hostile or unfriendly

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undulate

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to move up and down wave like

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pensive

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to be deep in thought

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duress

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threat;force

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reslient

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describes an ability to rebound or recover

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acrimonious

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bitter or sharp behavior, temper or speech

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criteria

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a standard or requirement for evaluation

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brevity

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Expresses a lot in a few words

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venerable

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impressive or interesting due to age

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succinct

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concise

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mollified

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to soften or reduce negative feelings

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infallible

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unfailing;certain

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spurious

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not geniune

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altercation

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an angry dispute

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gait

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a manner of walking or moving

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irascible

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easily angered