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15 Cards in this Set
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Panic
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Sudden overpowering fear.
As soon as she came neer my table to check my homework, I paniced and told her i left mine at home, though i didnt. |
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Bleak
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Cold and harsh; gloomy and dreary.
When she found out i was lieing her face went bleak and told me to stay after class. |
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Stammered
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Said in a halting manner.
"I did my h-homework, but i left it at home!" He stammered. |
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Boxcar
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An enclosed railway car used for transporting freight.
I watched a boxcar pass as i drove by a railroad. |
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Territory
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A sizable geographic area or region.
"Get off my territory!" The man yelled as we passed his house. |
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Sophisticated
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Experienced in wordly ways.
That man is so sophisticated, he dosent laugh at anything. |
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Aloofness
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The state of being uninterested and unsympathetic.
After i told him that my mom died he seemed aloof. |
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Elite
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Superior; top.
The elite soldier killed 500 men in battle. |
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Resignedly
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Patiently accepting; in an unresisting way.
After a long speech, the man resignedly nodded his head. |
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Ember
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A glowing piece of wood, normally caused by heat.
The man lit the fireplace with a stick and a small piece of ember lit on the tip of it. |
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Apprehensive
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Anxious or fearful; uneasy.
The man waited outside the door of the doctors office, apprehensively looking at the door, waiting for his wife's test results. Luckily, she was fine. |
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Defiance
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Open, bold resistance to authority.
The defiance to the stamp act in 1765 was extreme. |
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Contemptuous
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Scornful; despising.
The contemptuous look in the boys eyes were obvious. |
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Sheepishly
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Acting embarrassed or ashamed.
She acted sheepishly when her mom told her to not buy things on her dad's credit card. |
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Premonition
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A feeling that something is about to occur.
Can't think of a sentence. |
