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vocab chapter11-12
vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| flagrant | glaringly bad |
| patrician | an aristocrat |
| emissary | ambassador |
| kindred | having similar origin |
| fracas | fight |
| lacerate | to tear jaggedly |
| futile | useless |
| immaculate | perfect |
| gait | manner of walking |
| carp | nag |
| query | to ask |
| queue | a line of people |
| nefarious | notorious |
| genesis | begining |
| facade | a deceptive outward aperance |
| deluge | a flood |
| catholic | universal |
| eerie | weird |
| martial | warlike |
| anthromorphic | attributing human characteristics |
| beneficiary | heir |
| careen | to swerve or lurch from side to side while in motion |
| aplomb | self-confidence |
| guile | cunning in dealing with others |
| modicum | a small amount |
| fester | to rot |
| languish | to lose strangth |
| pall | something that covers |
| havoc | chaos |
| rancid | spoiled |