One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Flashcards

(61 cards)

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Informal terms for objecting

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Gripe

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A circumstance regarded as just cause for complaint

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Grievance

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A source or the experience of aggravation

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Ornery

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Having a difficult and contrary disposition

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Hassle

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5
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Extremely foolish or silly

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Loony

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Excessively enthusiastic

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Overzealous

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7
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To stare intently and angrily

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Glare

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Sing or murmur gently

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Croon

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9
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Be undecided about something

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Hover

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10
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To stray or fall behind

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Straggle

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11
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Turn on a pivot

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Swivel

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12
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Lift or elevate

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Heft

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13
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The quality or property of being efficient

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Efficiency

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14
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An original instance serving as a standard for later stages

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Prototype

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A copy or reproduction of an original work of art

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Replica

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A card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards

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Pinochle

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17
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Long-lasting

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Chronic

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18
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A hardened or thickened part of the skin

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Callus

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19
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Having or covered with small knobs

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Knobby

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20
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A mortician who treats corpses with preservatives

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Embalmer

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A person who boasts loudly or exaggeratedly.

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Braggart

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The deriving of sexual gratification from inflicting pain on others.

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Sadistic

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Having no effect or an inadequate effect.

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Ineffectual

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A social system in which the mother is head of the family.

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Matriarchy

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Known widely and usually unfavorably
notorious
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To reach a conclusion by reasoning
deduce
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Shriveled or faded from or as if from loss of moisture or substance
withered
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Effusively or tearfully sentimental
maudlin
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A large or great size, amount, extent, or capacity
ample
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To clean, polish, or wash by scrubbing vigorously
scour
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A digestive juice secerted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder
bile
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Susceptible to criticism or persuasion or temptation
vulnerable
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Arousing or apt to arouse suspision; questionable
suspicious
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To behave or move nervously or restlessly
fidget
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A communal toilet of a type often used in a camp or barracks
latrine
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A temportaiy arrangement erected around a building
scaffolding
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To state or express positively
assert
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A metal stretcher with wheeled legs, used for transporting patients.
gurney
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a large sheet of paper folded, making two leaves or four pages of a book.
Folio
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An empty-headed or silly person
Dingbat
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punitive
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perverse
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convulsion
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delirious
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holler
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bellow
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wheedle
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hovel
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indigent
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jounce
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expedition
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flophouse
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Keelhaul
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troll
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chum
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gaff
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jetty
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dismay
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venture
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rivet