TKAMB Chapters 23-26 Flashcards
1
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Scowl (v)
A
Frown in an angry or bad tempered way
2
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Recluse (n)
A
A person who lives a solitary life and tends to avoid other people, hermit, favoring a solitary life
3
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Furtive (adj)
A
Attempting to avoid notice or attention, secret, hidden, covert
4
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Spurious (adj)
A
Not being what it purports to be, falls, bake, bogus
5
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Adamant (adj)
A
Refusing to be persuaded or to change one’s mind, unshakable, inflexible
6
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Sordid (adj)
A
Involving ignoble actions and motives, arousing moral distaste and contempt
7
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Impertinence (n)
A
Lack of respect, rudeness, bad manners
8
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Brevity (n)
A
Concise and the exact use of words in writing or speech, briefness
9
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Infantile (adj)
A
Of or occurring among babies are very young children, childish
10
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Bovine (adj)
A
Of, relating to, or affecting cattle
