vocab 11-17-17 Flashcards
1
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An investigator who works with families and kids and places them in foster homes
A
caseworker
2
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to begin; start
A
commence
3
Q
very satisfactory, just fine
A
copacetic
4
Q
to build up a feeling of resentment
A
fostering
5
Q
provides children with substitute families while their parents are on able to take care of them
A
foster family
6
Q
a person’s manner of walking, the rate of moving
A
gait
7
Q
a job to play music
A
gig
8
Q
silent gloomy dejected, [unhappy]
A
glum
9
Q
wasting away
A
moldering
10
Q
running away to avoid punishment
A
on the lam
11
Q
person of extraordinary talent or ability
A
prodigy
12
Q
to anger, to annoy
A
provoked
13
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ignored
A
shunned
14
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cheating someone of something of value
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stiffed
15
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dark-skinned
A
swarthy
