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TKAM CHS 16-23 VOCAB Flashcards

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1
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Inaudible

A

Unable to be heard

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Obscure

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Not discovered or known about

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Penitentiary

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A prison for people who committed serious crimes

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Placid

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Not easily upset or excited

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Resignation

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Retiring or giving up on a position

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Acrimonious

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Bitter language or tone

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Corroborating

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To make certain or confirm

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Countenance

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Be calm not showing feeling

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Frank

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Free in expression of ones thoughts

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Gullet

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An esophagus or throat

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Subpoena

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Requiring a person to testify in court

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12
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Bash

A

Self assertive in a rude or overbearing way

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Browbeating

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A use of threats to make someone do something

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14
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Expunge

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Erase or remove completely

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Lavations

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The process of washing

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Proceedings

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A series of activities or events

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Volition

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Power of using ones will

18
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Acquit

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Free from charge as not guilty

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Detachment

A

The state of being objective or aloof

20
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Discreet

A

Individually desperate and discreet

21
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Indicted

A

Formerly accused or charged of a serious crime

22
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I perpetuated

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To cause something that should be stopped to continue

23
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Temerity

A

The quality of being unaffraid to danger or punishment

24
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Vengeance

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To seek revenge of a person

25
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Appeal

A

Application to a higher court for a decision to be reversed

26
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Cynical

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Be living that people are motivated by self interest

27
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Diction

A

The choice or usage of words

28
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Fatalistic

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Something that will happen has already been decided and can’t be un done

29
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Heathen

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Someone who doesn’t belong to a widely held belief or religion

30
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Statute

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A written law passed by a legislative body

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Vehement

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Showing strong or intense feeling

32
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Analogous

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Showing analogy

33
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Articulate

A

Clearly understandable

34
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Evasion noun

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The means of escaping

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