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Chap 22
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alienate | to make uninteresting or unfriendly; to take away interest or affection |
| Banish | 1. to send or drive away; to get rid of 2. to force to leave a place by order of some high authority |
| Dissension | disagreement; quarreling; hard feelings cause by a different of opinion |
| Edible | fit to eat; safe to eat |
| Implore | to beg earnestly; to ask urgently |
| Lackadaisical | showing lack of interest or spirit; lifeless and uninteresting |
| Optional | left to one's choice; not required or automatic |
| Painstaking | requiring or using great effort or care |
| Plumage | all of a bird's feathers (plumes) together |
| Reprimand | 1. a sharp scolding or criticism, especially by a person in authority 2. to scold or criticize sharply |
| Scanty | small in quantity or amount; not enough or barely enough; in short supply |
| Sinister | 1. suggesting harm, evil, or misfortune; threatening 2. evil; wicked |
| Transaction | the act of carrying on business; an individual piece of business, such as a deal or agreement |
| Unscathed | in no way harmed or injured; unhurt |
| Upstanding | honest and respectable in character and behavior; honorable |