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In Cold Blood
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Caustic | severely critical or sarcastic |
| Candor | the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness |
| Cortege | a procession, especially a cermonial one |
| Prevarications | to act of lying or lies themselves |
| Bravura | a display of daring; brilliant performance |
| Purloined | to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer |
| Ambivalent | having mixed feelings about someone or something; being unable to choose between two (usually opposing) courses of action |
| Ominous | portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious |
| Dissuaded | to deter by advice or persuasion; to persuade not to do something |
| Querulous | full of compliments; complaining |