TKAM Vocab Flashcards

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assuaged

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to make an unpleasant feeling less intense

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concession

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a thing that is granted

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contentious

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likely to cause an argument

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domiciled

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where a person lived

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eccentric

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odd in behavior, slightly strange

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indigenous

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originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native

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malevolent

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having or showing a wish to do evil to others

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meditatively

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the act of thinking very deeply about something

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piety

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devotion to religious duties and practices

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predilection

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preference or a preferred way of doing something

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sojourn

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a brief visit

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taciturn

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reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little

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13
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auspicious

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favorable, likely to be successful

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benign

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kind and gentle

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ensuing

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something that comes immediately after something else

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edification

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education; insturuction

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morbid

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gruesome; horrible

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placidly

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calmly; quietly

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ascertain

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make sure of

20
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abberations

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moving away from something that is normal