East Of Eden Vocabulary Part One

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Brogue

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A strong dialectal accent, especially a strong Irish accent.

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Pique

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A state of vexation caused by a perceived slight or indignity; a feeling of wounded pride.

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Swale

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A low tract of land, especially when moist or marshy.

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Taciturn

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Habitually untalkative.

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Nocturnal

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Of, relating to, or occurring in the night

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Terse

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Brief and to the point; effectively concise

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Malingering

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evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated;

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Contemptuous

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Manifesting or feeling of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn.

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Bellicosity

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Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.

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Stultifying

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To render useless or ineffectual; cripple.

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Busby

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tall hat; worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions

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Ubiquitous

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everywhere

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Virulent

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Intensely irritating, obnoxious, or harsh.

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Theosophy

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Religious philosophy or speculation about the nature of the soul based on mystical insight into the nature of God.

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Philandering

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To engage in many love affairs, especially with a frivolous or casual attitude. Used of a man.

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Consumption

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tuberculosis

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Countenanced

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To give or express approval to; condone

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Inimical

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injurious or harmful in effect; adverse

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Stolid

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Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; impassive

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Niggard

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A stingy, grasping person; a miser.

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Nostalgia

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A bittersweet longing for things, persons, or situations of the past.

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Elixir

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A sweetened aromatic solution of alcohol and water, serving as a vehicle for medicine

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vulpine

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Cunning; clever.

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I.W.W.

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Industrial Workers of the World

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Anemia

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A pathological deficiency in the oxygen-carrying component of the blood, measured in unit volume concentrations of hemoglobin, red blood cell volume, or red blood cell number.

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Scrutiny

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A close, careful examination or study.

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Dour

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Silently ill-humored; gloomy

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torpor

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A state of mental or physical inactivity or insensibility

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stupefied

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to dull the senses or faculties of. To amaze; astonish

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bindlestiff

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A hobo, especially one who carries a bedroll.

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Courtliness

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In a courtly manner; elegantly or politely.

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indefatigable

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Incapable or seemingly incapable of being fatigued; tireless

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Concupiscence

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a desire for sexual intimacy

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abysmally

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Resembling an abyss in depth; unfathomable

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reveille

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he sounding of a bugle early in the morning to awaken and summon people in a camp or garrison

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obsequious

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Full of or exhibiting servile compliance

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G.A.R.

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Grand Army of the Republic

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preternaturally

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Surpassing the normal or usual; extraordinary

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pullet

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A young domestic hen, usually one that is less than one year old.

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voracious

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Having or marked by an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit

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incipient

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Beginning to exist or appear

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concupiscent

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A strong desire, especially sexual desire; lust.

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Sallow

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unhealthy looking

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tannery

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An establishment where hides are tanned.

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tractable

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Easily managed or controlled; governable.

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ostensibly

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from appearances alone

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quirt

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A riding whip with a short handle and a lash of braided rawhide.

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kinship

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Relationship by nature or character; affinity.

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Pilfer

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To steal or filch.

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incontrovertible

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Impossible to dispute; unquestionable

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portierre

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A heavy curtain hung across a doorway

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corporeal

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Of, relating to, or characteristic of the body.

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deterrent

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A retaliatory means of discouraging enemy attack

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truculently

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Expressing bitter opposition; scathing

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asininely

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like a donkey; stupid, silly or stubborn

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succor

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to help

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unburnished

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unpolished

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piqued

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to offend; annoy

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freehold

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held for life or able to be passsed by inheritence

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disparaged

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having little value; belittle

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arable

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suitable for cultivation

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fallow

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land that is plowed but left unplanted

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communal

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shared; public

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irremediable

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not able to be remedied or fixed

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interminable

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endless

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finical

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over carefuul or particular

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redound

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to lead; contribute

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moldering

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to crumble; decay

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appellation

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a name

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sonorous

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impressive sounding

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veracious

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honest; accurate

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appurtenances

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equipment; accessories

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quixotic

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Caught up in the romance of noble deeds and the pursuit of unreachable goals; idealistic without regard to practicality.