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The Pack Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| boisterous | energetic cheerful and noisy |
| leniency | barley caring |
| lanky | think and tall |
| obligation | a binding promise, contract, sense of duty |
| occupants | live in house |
| despair | sad hopless |
| ranted/raved | scream and shout |
| compulsive | irresistible |
| sassy | bold full of spirit |
| reckless | careless |
| saddled | burdend |
| courtsey | a courteous, respectful, or considerate or expression |
| lilerally | for real |
| retrospect | to think back review |
| brunt | the worst part |
| mimic | to copy |
| manicured | trim cut neatly |
| subtle | fine or delicate in meaning or intent |
| sweltering | uncomfortable hot |
| lamest | weakest |
| diversion | to distract oneself |
| unison | all together |
| prestigious | most respected esteemed |
| hypothesis | an assumption or guess |
| aspired | aim to seek ambitiously |
| stint | a period of time spent doing something |
| stunning | a striking beauty or excellence |
| defying | refuse to obey |
| unbeknownst | without the knowledge of |
| menial | lowly and sometime degrading; humble |
| preparatory | designed to prepare |
| predominant | present as the strongest or main element |
| cliques | a small exclusive group of people |
| underwritten | to show agreement with or to support |
| exasperated | to irritate or annoy to a high degree |
| activist | a person who campaigns for change |
| ousted | expel from a space |
| self-reliance | reliance on one's own powers |
| summoned | authoritatively or urgently call on |
| futilely | fails to deliver a useful result |
| incorrigible | bad beyond correction or reform |
| skeptical | having doubts |
| reluctant | unwilling and hesitant; disinclined. |
| ringside | any place providing a close view |
| precinct | a district marked out for governmental purposes |
| mannerisms | a mode or way of doing something |
| barbaric | uncivilized |
| assimilation | the process of adapting or adjusting to the culture of a group or nation |
| buoyantly | not easily depressed cheerful |
| consenus | general agreement |
| debilitating | to make weak |
| deviations | departure from a standard or norm |
| gauge | to appraise estimate or judge |
| meticulous | taking or showing extreme care about minute details |
| pessimism | tendency to see, anticipate, or emphasize only bad or undesirable outcomes or results |
| prejudice | unreasonable feelings, opinions, or attitudes, especially of |
| prognosis | forecasting of the problem course and outcome of a disease |
| acknowledgment | recognition of the existence or truth of something |