Chapter 6-9 Flashcards
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turgid
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ornate or complex style of language, inflated, pompous
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laudable
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deserving praise, commendable
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dilatory
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intended to cause delay, procrastinate, slow
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tumultuous
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raising a great clatter, disordely, noisy
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rancor
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bitter ressentment, hatred, malice
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inquest
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inquiry into the cause of an unexpected death
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tactful
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pilote, keen sense of what is appropriante
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forlorn
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hopelessness, despair, lonely
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corrugate
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become folded into ridges
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sparse
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thinly scattered, not dense
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sullen
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irritation or ill humour by a gloomy silence
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elude
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avoid or escape by speed, cleverness , trickery
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lethargic
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lazy, lacking énergumène, deficient in activity
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menagerie
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collection of live animals, *unusual and varied group of people
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harrowing
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extremly disturbing
