Vocab Words Flashcards

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What is the loss of respect,honor or esteem; shame

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Disgrace

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What is a light cotton plaid fabric used for shirts,dresses and other clothing

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Madras

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What is it when you speak in low tones; grumbled

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Muttered

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what is it when you are careless; without caution

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Reckless

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What is it to cry or wail with great lust

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Bawl

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What is shaking uncontrollably

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Quivering

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What is it to be immpossible to understand; incomprehensible

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Unfathomable

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What is to know; understand

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Savvy

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What is to in a playfully mischievous manner

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Roguishly

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What is to draw back or tense the body,from pain or a blow; Flinched

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Winced

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What is to not be inclined to believe; skeptical

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Incredulous

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What is it to be unconcernedly,indifferent,unexcitedly,or casually

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Nonchalantly

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What is it to be incapable of serious connected thought

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Scatterbrained

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What is it to be in a brave,valient,noble-minded or chivalrous way

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Gallantly

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What is it to be disinterested; indifferent; or distant in feeling

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Aloofness

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What is it to be ugly or unpleasant in disposition or tember; stubborn

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Ornery

17
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What is it to be a person of the highest class

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Elite

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What is it to be struck with astonishment and suprise

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Dumfounded

19
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What is it to be artfully subtle or shrewd; crafty; sly

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Cunning

20
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What is it to be without stopping; continuing

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Unceasingly

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What is it to be uneasy or fearful about something that might happen

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Apprehensive

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What is it to bold resistance to authourity

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defiance

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what is it be expressing disdain; scornfully

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Contemptuously

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what is it to be regretfully; feeling,showing or expressing sorrow or pity

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Ruefully

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what is a forewarning; a feeling of anxiety over a future event

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premonition

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What is it to be dazed or weakened from a lack of sleep

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Groggy

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What is it to be begging urgently or piteously

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Imploringly

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What is it to be in a manner that shows irritation or ill-humor by a gloomy silence

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Sullenly

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What is it to be quivering as from a weakness; trembling

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Quavering

30
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What is it to be escaping understanding,perception,or appreciation of

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Eluded

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What is it to be expressing strong displeasure at something unjust, offensive, or insulting

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Indignant

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What is it to be dragged off forcefully; compelled to go

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Hauled

33
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What is it to be examined; looked at; inspected

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surveryed

34
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What is it to be in a state of confuson or disorientation

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Bewildermant

35
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What is it to be fixed or in firm belief

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Conviction

36
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What is it to come into conflict; to fight an urge

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Tangle

37
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What is it to delay due to fear or uncertaintly of the mind

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Hesitation

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What is it to be in a fit of uncontrollable laughter or weeping; hysteria

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Hysterics