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24 Cards in this Set
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indignation
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noun
anger over something unjust or mean or offensive |
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incredulous
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adj.
skeptical or express of disbelief |
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immured
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verb
enclosed in or trapped |
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proffer
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verb
an offer or suggestion |
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petered
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verb
slowly come to an end |
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induced
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verb
to influence or persuade someone to do something |
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lodgements
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noun
a place to put your foot down safely so you won't slip or fall |
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fulcrum
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noun
a support system, something to lean on |
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recrimination
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noun
a defensive exchange |
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clambering
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verb
a difficult walk or climb |
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tirade
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noun
a long angry or violent speech |
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festooned
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suspended in a loop or curve between two points
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tumult
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noisy commotion of a crow; a general outbreak; a riot
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scornfully
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adj.
to ridicule or treat in a harmful and mean way |
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spontaneously
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adj.
acting upon sudden impulses, spur of the moment |
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conspiratorial
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noun
to plot against, (could be evil or wrong) |
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ungraspable
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adj.
unreachable |
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gesticulated
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verb
an animated expression using your hands to express emotion |
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indignantly
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adj.
expressing hatred towards something unjust |
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contemptuously
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adj.
expressing dislike or disregard |
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leeward
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adj.
on our toward the side to which the wind is blowing |
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officious
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adj.
aggressive or interfering |
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ebullience
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noun
excitement or exhilaration |
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martyred
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noun
a person who suffers and die for their religion |
