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bridge vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| scorned or hated | despised |
| fussy about one's appearance or behavior | primly |
| pretending to have qualities or virtues that one does not really have | hypocritical |
| a wild uproar | pandemonium |
| a commonly spoken phrase | proverbial |
| easily seen or attracting attention | conspicuous |
| causing disgust | repulsive |
| having too high an opinion of oneself | conceited |
| suddenly | abruptly |
| the state or feeling of being in high spirits | exhilaration |
| showing evil or misfortune to come | ominously |
| fortress | stronghold |
| join into one whole | consolidated |
| hang loosely, droop; move in a lazy manner | lolling |
| thoughts or guesses about something | speculation |
| amount more than in required or necessary | surplus |
| to cause to become speechless | dumbfounded |
| to force to leave one's country or home | exile |
| showing doubt or unwillingness | reluctant |
| satisfied feeling of oneself | complacent |
| to earn the gratitude of someone | obliged |
| plot, to agree to do an unlawful act | conspiring |
| feel sorrow for a sin and make up one's mind to do what is right | repent |
| having no worth, not being used | idly |
| plunge into a liquid; to put out extinguish | doused |
| not lessening in harshness or sternness | relentlessly |
| confusion or disorder | chaos |