Walk Two Moons Vocab Flashcards

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What does ‘Walloping’ mean?

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Impressively big

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What does ‘Ornery’ mean?

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Stubborn, unpleasant in disposition

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What does ‘Heartily’ mean?

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Sincerely, genuinely

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What does ‘Omnipotent’ mean?

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Having unlimited authority or power

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What does ‘Defiance’ mean?

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Bold resistance to authority

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What does ‘Cadaver’ mean?

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A corpse or dead body

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What does ‘Diabolic’ mean?

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Disgracefully bad or unpleasant

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What does ‘Gnarled’ mean?

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Knobbly, rough, and twisted

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What does ‘Muesli’ mean?

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A cold, Swiss breakfast dish with rolled oats

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What does ‘Shrapnel’ mean?

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Fragments from an exploding shell or bomb

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What does ‘Pandemonium’ mean?

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Wild and noisy disorder or confusion; chaos

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What does ‘Huzza’ mean?

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Used to express joy

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What does ‘Mournfully’ mean?

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In a very sad way

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What does ‘Ambush’ mean?

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A surprise attack

Also a verb meaning to make a surprise attack.

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What does ‘Prudence’ mean?

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The quality of being cautious

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What does ‘Malevolent’ mean?

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Doing or desiring to do evil to others

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What does ‘Amnesia’ mean?

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A partial or total loss of memory

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What does ‘Malinger’ mean?

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Exaggerate or fake illness to avoid work

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What does ‘Cantankerous’ mean?

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Bad tempered and quarrelsome

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What does ‘Console’ mean?

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To give comfort in a time of distress

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What does ‘Flail’ mean?

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To wave about wildly, especially one’s arms/legs

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What does ‘Reassurance’ mean?

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Renewed confidence or belief

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What does ‘Skeptical’ mean?

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Doubtful or disbelieving

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What does ‘Slather’ mean?

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To spread thickly

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What does 'Anonymous' mean?
Having an unknown author or origin
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What does 'Besiege' mean?
To surround; crowd around; harass with questions
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What does 'Careen' mean?
To sway from side to side while moving, out of control
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What does 'Crucial' mean?
Of great importance
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What does 'Glum' mean?
Looking or feeling unhappy or quiet
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What does 'Nonchalant' mean?
Behaving in a calm manner as if not to care
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What does 'Partition' mean?
A vertical structure like a thin wall
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What does 'Pious' mean?
Devoutly religious, sometimes in appearance only
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What does 'Rummaged' mean?
To search for something that is difficult to find
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What does 'Unadulterated' mean?
Not spoiled or made weaker by other substances; pure
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What does 'Vaporize' mean?
To change or be changed into vapor; disappear
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What does 'Dissuade' mean?
To persuade someone not to perform an action
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What does 'Infinitely' mean?
Endlessly
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What does 'Mill' mean?
To move around as a group in a confused manner
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What does 'Ogle' mean?
To look at with desire
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What does 'Quizzical' mean?
Questioning; puzzled
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What does 'Roster' mean?
A list of names
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What does 'Percolate' mean?
To become lively or effervescent
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What does 'Psychiatric' mean?
Relating to mental illness or its treatment
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What does 'Grotesque' mean?
Comically or repulsively ugly or distorted
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Lobby
verb - to attempt to influence politicians to support the cause you represent
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Fatal
adjective - a choice that results in death
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Distinguish
verb - perceiving that two things as different or distinct
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Indifferent
adjective - no feelings one way or another about something