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TKAM Ch 16-19
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Despise | Look down on with disdain |
| Quote | Repeat a passage from |
| Formidable | Extremely impressive in strength or excellence |
| Elucidate | Make clear and comprehensible |
| Affluet | Having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value |
| Convene | Meet formally |
| Scrutiny | The act of examining something closely |
| Turbulent | Characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination |
| Devoid | Completely wanting or lacking |
| Distracted | Having the attention diverted especially because of anxiety |
| Descent | A movement downward |
| Ambidextrous | Equally skillful with each hand |
| Contorted | Twisted |
| Courteous | Characterized by courtesy and gracious good manners |
| Contrary | Exact opposition |
| Hostility | A state of deep-seated ill-will |
| Involuntary | No subject to the control of the will |
| Detached | Showing lack of emotional involvement |
| Recollect | Recall knowledge from memory; have recollection |
| Smother | Deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing |
| Exodus | A journey by a large group to escape from a hostile enviroment |
| Volition | The act of making a choice |
| Expunge | Remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line |
| Conscience | Motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions |
| Grope | Feel about uncertainly or blindly |