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TKM Prt 2 Vocab Flashcards

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Propensities

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A natural inclination or tendency

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Contentious

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Always ready to argue

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Manacles

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Shackles for the hands

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Aquienscence

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Agreement without protest

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Acrimonious

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Sarcastic, bitter, nasty

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Akimbo

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Hands on hips elbows bent backwards

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Irascible

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Easily provoked to anger

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Recluse

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Someone who stays away from society and others

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Remorse

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A feeling of regret or guilt

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Charlotte

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Dessert made with fruit in a mold that is lined with pieces of bread/cake

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Expunge

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Remove completely

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Façade

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front of Building facing street

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Mortify

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Humiliate, embarrass

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14
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arid

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Lacking interest, excitement or meaning

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Circuit solicitor

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Lawyer who travels to different locations to persecute in trials

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Myopic

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Abnormal eye condition, nearsighted

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Eccentricities

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Oddities, unconventcialities

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Linotype

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Typesetting machine used in publishing

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Invectives

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Abusive terms, curses insults

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Jetty

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Type of wall used to block water

21
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Madien ladies

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Women who haven’t been married

22
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Chiffarobe

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A large cabinet with drawers and a place to hold clothes

23
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Rudiments

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Principals, elements, subjects to learn

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Amiably

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Good natured

25
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Widows walk

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Platform with a rail around it, built onto to roof

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Crooned

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To sing in a low, gentle tone

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Passé

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Old fashioned, out of date

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Analogous

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Similar, comparable

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Temerity

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Foolish or rash boldness

30
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Umbrage

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offense

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Hypocrites

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People who pretend to be someone else

32
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Gallantly

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Politely, in manner of a gentleman

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Arbor

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An outdoor area shaded by trees, Scuppernongs

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Articulate

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Able to speak and express ones self

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