Ivan Vocabulary Flashcards

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Alyosha

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The baptist

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Shukhov

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Main character

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Buinovsky

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Ex naval captain

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Tartar

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Guard on duty that woke them up

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Turin

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104th squad leader

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Fetiukov

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The lazy one of the 104th

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Limper

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Guard at mess hall

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Intermittent

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Not continuous or steady

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Malicious

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Intending harm

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Imperturbable

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Unable to be upset or excited; calm

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Allocating

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Distribute for a particular purpose

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Vexation

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The state of being annoyed, frustrated, worried

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Acquiring

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Buy or obtain for ones self

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Zeal

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Great energy in pursuit of a case or objective

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Contingency

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A future event or circumstance that is possible but cannot be predicted

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Curtailed

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Reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on

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Begrudge

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Envy someone

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Rancid

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Smelling or tasting unpleasant as a result of being old and stale

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Scanty

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small or insufficient in quantity or amount

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Inert

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Lacking ability or strength to move

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Vicious

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Deliberately cruel or violent

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Witheringly

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In a withering manner

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Consulting

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Engaged in the business of giving expert advice to people working in a professional or technical field

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Ruse

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An action intended to deceive someone a trick

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Taut
Stretched or pulled tight
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Maneuver
Movement or series of moves requiring skill and care
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Din
Loud, unpleasant, prolonged noise
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Twinge
A sudden, sharp localized pain
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Prerogative
A right or privilege exclusive to a particular class
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Valenki
Essential Russian footwear, made of felt
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Magara
Russian food, bland Chinese oatmeal
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Kasha
Oatmeal, cereal, real oat meal
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Civvies
Civilian clothing
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Special camp
Camps set up by soviet military; had to work
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Zek
An inmate of a forced labor camp
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Dispensary
Medical office provided by public or charitable funds
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Nikolai Semyonich
Medical assistant in camp dispensary
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Stephan Grigorych
Camp doctor
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Panteleyev
Prisoner who gets out of work for "squealing" on the other prisoners
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Tsezar Markovich
"Hodgepodge" of nationalities; prisoner film maker, receives a lot of packages
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Khromoi
The mess orderly
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Lett
From Letvia; sells tobacco
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Kolya Vdovushkin
Medical assistant who writes on the side
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Lieutenant Volkovoi
Camp security cheif; scared everyone, used a huge whip
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Two Estonians
Prisoners that are close, but not brothers
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Senka Klevshin
Deaf in one ear-hard of hearing
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Gopchik
The young, quick worker that reminds Ivan of his son
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Kilgas
Prisoner, hard worker, in for 25 years
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Der
Building foreman