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Read 990 Vocab
Vocabulary from chapter 1, book 3
Question | Answer |
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Altruistic | Having unselfish concern for others |
Kitschy | Sentimental art considered in bad taste |
Annotating | Circle, highlight, write in the margins |
Burgeoning | Growing, enlarged |
Sparsely | Thinly spaced |
Persecutions | Oppressions, treat violently |
Migrate | To move |
Pogrom | Organized massacre or persecutions |
Simian | Ape-like or resembling a monkey |
Assimilated | Become a part of or absorbed |
Ephemeral | Short life span |
Aberrant | Not normal |
Cataclysms | Disasters |
Acumen | Keen insight, perceptive |
Retrograde | Reversed or inverted |
Riposte | Retort or reply |
Reigned | Ruled or governed |
Chide | To scold or criticize |
Enumerated | Listed or defined in order |
Tyrants | Harsh, cruel rulers |