dreaming in cuban Flashcards

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indignation

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A feeling of righteous anger

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unadorned

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not decorated with something to increase its beauty or distinction

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enigma

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something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained

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fastidious

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giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness

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5
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subversive

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in opposition to a civil authority or government

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pallid

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abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress

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7
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solace

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comfort offered to one who is disappointed or miserable

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debilitating

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impairing the strength and vitality

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martyr

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one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion

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emissary

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someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else

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gaunt

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very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

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disdainfully

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without respect; in a disdainful manner

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despondent

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without or almost without hope

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clandestine

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conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

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alluring

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highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire

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arbitrary

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based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice