Snow Falling on Cedars Vocab Flashcards by Brenna R | Brainscape

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Accoutrements

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accessories, trappings, trimmings

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Deference

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polite respect, regard, reverence

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Geriatric

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offensive term meaning looking old

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Stultify

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render something useless

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Attenuated

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long and narrow

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Gregarious

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social, outgoing

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Inveterate

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habitual, firmly established

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Credence

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credibility, trustworthiness

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Charlatan

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someone who falsely claims to have special skills

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Fastidious

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picky, overly critical

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Conjecture

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forming opinions based on incomplete evidence

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Soporific

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causing sleep or drowsiness

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Impeccably

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perfectly

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Luminously

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brightly, vividly

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Maim

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wound or disable someone

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Heresy

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an unorthdox belief

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Dally

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flirt, deal lightly with something

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Morass

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something that overwhelms or confuses, mess, quagmire

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Mercenary

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motivated only by money

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Loll

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to relax while leaning back, lounging

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Encumbrance

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burden or hindrance

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Gangling

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awkwardly tall and thin, lanky

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Expediency

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the advisably or usefulness of something, appropriateness

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Tremulous

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quaking, shaking

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Cryptic

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deliberately mysterious, enigmatic

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Desiccated

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free from moisture, shriveled, dehydrated

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Lissome

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slender and able to bend gracefully

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Eviscerate

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to remove the internal organs

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Beneficent

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producing benefit

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Disseminate

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spread or distribute something

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Languid

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lacking energy

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Berate

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to scold at length

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Respite

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a brief interval of rest, delay

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Propituous

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favorable, gracious, encouraging

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Dubious

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doubtful

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Obliterate

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destroy completely

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Incorrigible

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irredeemable

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Agnostic

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denier

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Ethereal

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exquisite, very delicate, heavenly

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Admonition

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a mild but earnest rebuke, caution, warning