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mr.d reading final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| pursuit | the act of chasing in order to catch |
| fiscal | having to do with finances |
| dialogue | a conversation between two or more persons |
| feuding | quarrreling or fighting |
| squtter | someone who settled illegally on land |
| sacred | considerd holy related to religoius ceremonies |
| inferior | lower in status or rank |
| myth | tales that explain actions of gods goddess or heros who interact with them |
| inarticulate | unable to express ones self |
| commotion | noisy movment |
| indulgent | tolerant not strict or critical |
| shriveled | wrinkled dried up or shrunk |
| spindly | long and thin |
| personification | human charachteristics given to non human subjects |
| kindled | built or lit |
| cordially | warm or heartfelt |
| intuition | abilty to sense or know immediatly with out reasoning |
| meager | lacking in some way inadequate |
| drought | lack of rain |
| apprehension | a fearful feeling about what will happen next |
| resolute | showing a firm purpose determind |
| satisfactory | adequate sufficent to meet a requirment |
| indignant | filled with anger at injustice |
| discharged | firred or released from something |
| meticulous | extremely careful about details |
| insufferable | unbearable |
| conspicuous | noticeable |
| cyclone | tornado |
| sparse | thinly spread; in a small amount |
| bellowing | swelling or surging |
| native | relative to teh place of ones birth |
| idioms | expressions that develop in a language or region |
| discrepancies | differences, inconsistancies |
| unabashed | unashamed |
| ostenatiously | in a showy way |
| (:HAUGHTY:) | proud and superior,scornful to others |
| guileless | without deciet or trickery; innocent |
| hyperbole | exaggeration or overstatement |
| monologue | a long uninterrupted speech spoken by a person |
| commenced | started, began |
| fatalist | one who believes that all events are determined by fate and cannot be changed |
| rickety | weak or likely to break |
| fugitives | people fleeing from danger |
| shanties | roughly built cabins or shacks |
| fable | brief stories that often feature animals that act like humans |
| pitiful | arousing sympathy or pity |
| pestering | constant bothering AKA MR.D!!!! |
| criteria | standards or tests by which someting can be judged |