Chapters 1-2 Flashcards by Sarah Lillie | Brainscape

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Supercilious

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Feeling or showing haughty disdain

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Extemporizing

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To preform without prior preparation

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Rotogravure

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Printed material, such as a newspaper

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Peremptory

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Haughtiness in bearing and attitude

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Oculist

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A physician who treats diseases of the eyes

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Contiguous

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Adjacent; sharing an edge

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Hauteur

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Dictatorial; offensively self-assured

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Epigram

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A short, witty poem expressing a single thought

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