vocab quiz-6 Flashcards

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barrage

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a prolonged attack of artillery gunfire

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bedlam

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any place or condition of noise and confusion

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cur

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literally, a dog of mixed breed; more commonly used to describe a low, worthless, despicable person

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derisive

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scornful; mocking

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haggard

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wasted and worn looking, as from lack of sleep

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inscrutable

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not easily understood; baffling; mysterious

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