refugee Flashcards

(40 cards)

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promenade

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a public area on which poeple walk or stoll for pleasure

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paranoid

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haveing excessive suspicion about others

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indignation

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strong anger due to smoething unjust or insulting

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inferior

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of lower value or quality

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5
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summoned

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to be called to appear at a specific

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catatonic

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appearing to be in daze;unresponsive

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debris

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the remains of anything destroyed; trash

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gaunt

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extremely thin from hungers or exhaustion

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anguish

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extreme distress from suffering

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sheepish

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feeling or looking embarrassed

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avenge

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to inflict harm as act of revenge

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profuse

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in great amount

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cringe

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to crouch in fear or embarrassment

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inconsolable

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not able to be comforted

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recoil

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to quickly back away with horror or disgust

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tedious

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long repetitive and dull

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dinghy

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churlish

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intimidate

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to fill with fear

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lair

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the den of a lion or wild animal

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squalid

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filty and neglected

22
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dissident

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persons who disagree with the majoritly

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gawking

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staring awkwardly or obviously

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ominous

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suggeseting an evil or harmful outcome

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dubious
doubtful; indicating doubt
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beret
a soft cap with a close fitting headband and a round ,flat top
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radical
in favor of drastic or extreme political or social changes
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bisected
cut or divided into two equal parts
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diminutive
tiny small
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refrain
a phrase that repeated in a song or poem
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haphazard
random unplanned or disorganized
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immense
huge very large
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confer
to consult or discuss
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incoherently
in a manner not easily understood
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beacon
a guiding signal or light a lighthouse
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emerge
to come into view
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chastise
to scold or punish
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flattered
pleased by compliments or attention
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wince
to tense the body especially from pain
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fragile
delicate easily broken