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vocab 2
vocab 2019 part 2
Term | Definition |
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Conniving | Involved in conspiring to do something illegal |
Indigenous | Native to an area |
Disheartened | very sad and down |
Quiver | to shiver |
Salvage | to save |
Brusque | Brief, rude, abrupt |
Retribution | punishment inflicted on someone as vengeance for a wrong or criminal act |
Shroud | a length of cloth or an enveloping garment in which a dead person is wrapped for burial |
Barrage | a concentrated artillery bombardment over a wide area |
Redundant | repeated or repetitive |
Empathy | the ability to understand and share the feelings of another |
Gaunt | Lean and haggard |
Cower | crouch down in fear |
Pummel | strike repeatedly with the fists |
Sweltering | unbearably hot |
Tranquil | peaceful |
Manacle | shackle for fastening someone's hands or ankles |
Redemption | the action of saving or being saved from sin |
Invigorate | give strength or energy to |
MIlitant | combative and aggressive in support of a political or social cause, and typically favoring extreme |