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TKAM vocab Flashcards

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Assuaged

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Verb-make an (unpleasant feeling) less intense

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Piety

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Noun- a belief or point of view that is accepted with unthinking conventional reverence

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Stinginess

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Unwilling to spend or give; ungenerous

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Taciturn

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Adjective- (of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little

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Eaves

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Noun- the part of a roof that meets or overhangs the walls of a building

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Imprudent

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Adjective – not showing care for the consequences of an action; rash

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Condescended

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Show feelings of superiority; be patronizing

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Apprehensively

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Anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen

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Indigenous

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Originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native

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Sojourn

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A temporary stay or stay somewhere temporarily

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Onslaught

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A fierce or Destructive attack

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Speculation

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The forming of a theory Or conjecture without firm evidence

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Dispensation

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Exemption from a rule or usual requirement

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Erratic

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Not even or regular and pattern or movement; unpredictable

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Gravely

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In a serious or solemn manner

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Auspicious

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Conducive to success; favorable

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Parched

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Dried out with heat

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Unanimous

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(of two or more people) Fully in agreement

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Arbitrated

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(Of an independent person or body) reach an authoritative judgement or settlement

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Evasion

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The action of evading something

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Tacit

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Understood or implied without being stated

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Benevolence

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The quality of being well meaning; kindness

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Placidly

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Pleasantly calm or peaceful, unruffled, tranquil; Serenely quiet or on disturbed

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Asinine

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Extremely stupid or foolish

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Edification

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The instruction or improvement of a person morally or intellectually

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