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SEDATELY

CALM QUIET OR COMPOSED

ORNERY

BAD-TEMPERED AND COMBATIVE

CONTEMPTUOUSLY

SHOWING OR EXPRESSING CONTEMPT OR DISDISDAIN

ALOOF

NOT FRIENDLY OR FORTHCOMING

TEPID

ONLY SLIGHTLY WARM; LUKEWARM

TOWHEADED

FAIR-HEADED

REFORMATORY

AN INSTITUTION TO WHICH YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS ARE SENT AS AN ALTERNATIVE PRISON-A REFORM SCHOOL

IMPLORE

BEG SOMEONE EARNESTLY OR DESPERATELY TO DO SOMETHING



SEIGE

A MILITARY OPERATION IN WHICH ENEMY FORCES SURROUND A BUILDING CUTTING OFF ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES

PREMONITION

A FEELING OF ANTICIPATION OR ANXIETY OVER A FUTURE EVENT

GALLANT

BRAVE OR HEROIC

SNOOKER

A GAME PLAYED WITH CUES ON A BILLIARD TABLE-A FORM OF POOL

MADRAS

A STRONG, FINE TEXTURED COTTON FABRIC, TYPICALLY PATTERNED WITH WITH COLORFUL STRIPES OR CHECKS

FUZZ

SLANG TERM FOR THE POLICE

TONGAS

A LIGHT HORSE-DRAWN TWO WHEELED VEHICLE USED IN INDIA

JASMINE

AN OLD WORLD SHRUB OR CLIMBING PLANTTHAT BEARS FRAGRANT FLOWERS USED IN PERFUME OR TEA

SARI

A GARMENT CONSISTING OF A LENGTH OF COTTON OR SILK ELABORATELY DRAPED AROUND THE BODY

PRECARIOUS

NOT SECURELY HELD IN A POSITION; DANGEROUSLY LIKELY TO FALL AND COLLASPE. DEPENDENT ON CHANCE; UNCERTAIN

INSULAR

IGNORANT OR UNINTERESTED IN CULTURES, IDEAS, OR PEOPLES OUTSIDE ONES OWN EXPERIENCE

PALPITATING

BEAT RAPIDLY, STRONGLY, OR IRREGULARLY

BILDUNGSROMAN

GENRE THAT MEANS COMING OF AGE

PARADOX

A STATEMENT THAT APPARENTLY CONTRADICTS ITSELF AND YET MIGHT BE TRUE

LYNX

A WILDCAT WITH YELLOWISH-BROWN FUR A SHORT TAIL, TUFTED EARS, FOUND CHIEFLY IN THE NORTHERN LATITUDES OR NORTH AMERICA AND EURASIA