TKAM Vocab List 1 Flashcards

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To soothe calm; to make mild of less severe.

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Assuage v.

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Lacking power or ability

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Impotent adj.

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Reserved in speech; uncommunicative; quiet

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Taciturn adj.

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evil; harmful

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Malevolent adj.

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The consideration of subject; theory; hypothesis

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Speculation n.
Speculate v.

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Friendly, sociable

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amiable adj.

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6
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Causing sadness of gloom; depressing

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Dreary adj.

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favorable

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auspicious adj.

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8
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absent from school without permission

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a Truant n.
being Truant adj.
truanting v.

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Lacking energy, lazy, slow

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Sluggish adj.

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10
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in complete agreement

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Unanimous adj.

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Curious, full of question

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Inquisitive adj.

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12
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petty criticism

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thing quibble n.
to quibble v.

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feeling humiliation or shame

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mortification n.
mortify v.

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