Chapter 21 Flashcards

(14 cards)

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Lamentable

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Deserving to be criticized or regretted

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Exertions

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Physical or mental effort

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Cohabitation

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To live together as in a married couple

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moroseness

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A serious. Quiet or unhappy person

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Conjugal

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Of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations

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Stigma

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A set of negative and often unfair beliefs that a society or group of ppl have about some thing

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Alleviate

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To reduce the pain or trouble of something

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Reverberated

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To continue in a series of quickly repeated sounds that bounce off a surface

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Repudiated

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To refuse to accept or support

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Devious

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Willing to lie and trick ppl in order to get what is wanted

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Consonance

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Harmony or agreement amongst components

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Autonomous

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Existing or acting separately from other things or ppl

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Resilient

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Able to become or stay strong after something bad happens

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Slough

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A place of deep mud or mire

A state of moral degradation or spiritual dejection

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