Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Flashcards

(42 cards)

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accounter

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outfit and equip

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acid

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biting, sarcastic, or scornful

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adversary

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an opponent or an enemy

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appease

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satisfy or relieve

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calico

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a course, printed cotton cloth

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commemorate

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to honor the memory of

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composition

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a short essay, especially one written as an academic exercise

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crevice

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a narrow crack or opening

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desist

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to cease doing something; abstain

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doggerel

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clumsy verse, often having an irregular form and monotonous rhymes

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ebullient

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showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm

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economical

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prudent and thrifty in management; sparing

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emerge

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come forth

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equanimity

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the quality of being calm and even-tempered

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exile

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the condition or period of living away from one’s native country

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extrovert

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person interested mostly in external objects and actions

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fancy

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to visualize; imagine

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frugal

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costing little

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haggard

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thin and contracted by or as if by fatigue or inner distress

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instinct

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an inborn pattern of behavior that is characteristic of a species

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intoxicated

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to stimulate or excite

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laud

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to give praise to; glorify

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martyrdom

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one who makes great sacrifices or suffers much for a belief, cause, or principle

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masquerade

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a costume or disguise; a charade

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morsel
a small piece or quantity of food
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mourn
to feel or express grief or sorrow
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mysterious
being beyond one's powers to discover, understand, or explain
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noxious
harmful to living things; injurious to health
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parsimony
unusual or excessive frugality; a disposition to avoid expense
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perseverance
steadfastness
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pert
impertinent; forward
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predicament
a difficult, perplexing, or trying situation
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prim
very precise and proper; exceeding formal
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primp
dress up
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provisions
a stock of necessary supplies, especially food
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saunter
walk slowly in an idle or leisurely manner
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sentiment
a thought, view, or attitude based on feeling or emotion
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stratagem
a clever scheme to achieve an objective
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succor
assistance in time of want, difficulty, of distress; relief
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tribulation
great affliction of distress; suffering
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trivial
of little significance or value
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verdure
the lush greenness of flourishing vegetation