TKAM Vocab Flashcards

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Culprit

A

a guilty person

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Flivver

A

an inexpensive automobile

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Cootie

A

slang for head or boy louse

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4
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Desolate

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forlorn; wretched

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5
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Perpetrated

A

to produce, perform, or execute; committed

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Guilelessness

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innocence; naive

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Articulate

A

able to speak

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Premise

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statement; assumption

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Umbrage

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to annoy or offend someone

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Austere

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stern; severe; unyielding

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Prerogative

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an exclusive or special tight, power, or privilege

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Venerable

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respected or admired because of age

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13
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Connivance

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knowledge of and consent to wrongdoing

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14
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Acrimonious

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bitter; caustic

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15
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Unmitigated

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absolute; out and out

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Cynical

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skeptical; sarcastic

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Adamant

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unyielding; inflexible

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Martyred

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suffering greatly for a long time

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Notoriety

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the state of being widely and unfavorable known

20
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Pinioned

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restraint by having arms bound

21
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Hieroglyphics

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pictorial writing from ancient Egypt

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Bovie

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resembling the ox or cow; cow-like

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Garishly

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glaringly

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Interdict

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prohibition; an order forbidding something

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Undulate

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to move with waving motion