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10 Cards in this Set
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Perplexed |
R.R.E TATS pg. 4 very confused; baffled
She seldom or never looked THROUGH them for so small a thing as a boy; they were her state pair, the pride of her heart, and were built for "style," not service—she could have seen through a pair of stove–lids just as well. She looked ____________ for a moment, and then said, not fiercely, but still loud enough for the furniture to hear: "Well, I lay if I get hold of you I'll—" |
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Resurrected |
R.R.E TATS pg.4 to bring(a dead person ) alive again
She did not finish, for by this time she was bending down and punching under the bed with the broom, and so she needed breath to punctuate the punches with. She ______________ nothing but the cat. |
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Old Scratch |
R.R.E TATS pg.4 ___________ or Mr. Scratch is a folk name for The Devil in the local legends of New England and pre-Civil War America. It is possible that the local legends containing this name were influenced by Faustian stories brought to North America by German immigrants.
Spare the rod and spile the child, as the Good Book says. I'm a laying up sin and suffering for us both, I know. He's full of the Old Scratch, but laws–a–me! he's my own dead sister's boy, poor thing, and I ain't got the heart to lash him, somehow. Every time I let him off, my conscience does hurt me so, and every time I hit him my old heart most breaks. |
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Obliged |
R.R.E TATS pg.4 make (someone) legally or morally bound to an action or course of action
He'll play hookey this evening, * and [* Southwestern for "afternoon"] I'll just be ___________ to make him work, to–morrow, to punish him. |
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Contemplate |
R.R.E TATS pg.4 look thoughtfully for a long time at
Like many other simple–hearted souls, it was her pet vanity to believe she was endowed with a talent for dark and mysterious diplomacy, and she loved to ____________ her most transparent devices as marvels of low cunning. |
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Transparent |
R.R.E TATS pg.4 allowing light to pass through so that objects behind can be distinctly seen
Like many other simple–hearted souls, it was her pet vanity to believe she was endowed with a talent for dark and mysterious diplomacy, and she loved to contemplate her most _____________ devices as marvels of low cunning. |
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Cunning |
R.R.E TATS pg.4 having or showing skill in achieving one's ends by deceit or evasion
Like many other simple–hearted souls, it was her pet vanity to believe she was endowed with a talent for dark and mysterious diplomacy, and she loved to contemplate her most transparent devices as marvels of low ________. |
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Vexed |
R.R.E TATS pg.4 difficult and much debated; problematic
Aunt Polly was ________ to think she had overlooked that bit of circumstantial evidence, and missed a trick. Then she had a new inspiration. |
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Loathed |
R.R.E TATS pg.4 feel intense dislike or disgust for
He was not the Model Boy of the village. He knew the model boy very well though—and _________ him.Within two minutes, or even less, he had forgotten all his troubles. |
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Unalloyed |
R.R.E TATS pg.4 not alloyed; pure
He felt much as an astronomer feels who has discovered a new planet—no doubt, as far as strong, deep, ___________ pleasure is concerned, the advantage was with the boy, not the astronomer. |
