outsiders vocab Flashcards

(42 cards)

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loss of respect, honor or esteem; shame

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disgrace

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a light cotton plaid fabric used for shirts, dresses and other clothing

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madras

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3
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spoke in low tones; grumbled

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muttered

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careless; without caution

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reckless

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5
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to cry or wail with great lust

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bawl

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shaking uncontrollably

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quivering

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7
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impossible to understand

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unfathomable

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8
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to know; understand

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savvy

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9
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in a playfully mischievous manner

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roguishly

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drew back or tensed the body, as from pain or a blow;flinched

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winced

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not inclined to believe;skeptical

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incredulous

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unexcitedly;casually

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nonchalantly

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13
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incapable of serious connected thought

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scatterbrained

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in a brave, valiant, noble-minded or chivalrous way

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gallantly

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disinterest;distant in feeling

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aloofness

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ugly or unpleasant in disposition or temper; stubborn

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ornery

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person of the highest class

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struck with astonishment and surprise

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artfully subtle or shrewd; crafty; sly

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without stopping; continuing

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uneasy or fearful about something that might happen

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bold resistance to authority

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expressing disdain; scornfully

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contemptuosly

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regretfully

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a forewarning; a felling of anxiety over a future event
premonition
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dazed or weakened from lack of sleep
groggy
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begging urgently or piteously
imploringly
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in a manner that shows irritation or ill-humor by a gloomy silence
sullenly
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trembling
quavering
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escaped understanding, perception or appreciation of
eluded
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expressing strong displeasure at something unjust,offensive or insulting
indigent
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dragged off forcefully; compelled to go
hauled
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examined; inspected
surveyed
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state of confusion or disorientation
bewilderment
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fixed or firm belief
conviction
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to come into conflict; to or argue
tangle
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a delay due to fear or uncertainly of the mind
hesitation
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a fit of uncontrollable laughter or weeping; hysteria
hysterics
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imitating or copying
mimicking
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without hope:depressing
bleak
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occurring again
recurring
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stammered, stuttered
faltered