Summer Reading Pt. 1 Flashcards
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Atavism (n.)
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The reappearance in an individual of characteristics of some remote ancestor that have been absent in intervening generations
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Impertinent (adj.)
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Insolently rude
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Undulate (v.)
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Move with a wavelike motion
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Coquettish (adj.)
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Behaving in such a way as to suggest a playful sexual attraction
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Proclivities (n.)
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A tendency to choose or do something regularly
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Pratfall (n.)
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A fall onto one’s butt; stupid or humiliation action
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Incriminate (v.)
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Make (someone) appear guilty of no crime or wrongdoing
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Eccentricity (n.)
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The quality of being eccentric; strangeness, oddness
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Culpability (n.)
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Guilt or blame that’s deserved
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Engendered (v.)
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To produce, cause, or give rise to
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Rollicking (adj.)
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Exuberantly lively and amusing
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Efface (v.)
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Erase (a mark) from a surface
