Unit 4 Flashcards

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bluster

A

to talk or act in a noisy and threatening way, to blow stormy gusts, speech that is loud and threatening

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commentary

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a series of notes clarifying or explaining something, an expression of opinion

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2
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eerie

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causing fear because of strangeness, weird, mysterious

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3
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fidelity

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the state of being faithful, accuracy in details, exactness

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4
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headstrong

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willful, stubborn

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5
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pacify

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to make peaceful or calm, to soothe

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6
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ravenous

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greedy, very hungry, eager for satisfaction

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7
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refute

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to prove incorrect

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8
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remorse

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deep and painful regret for one’s past misdeeds, pangs of conscience

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synopsis

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a brief statement giving a general view of some subject, book, etc, a summary

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