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TKAM Vocab Part 1

Ch. 1-10

QuestionAnswer
taciturn disinclined to talk; silent
vapid not lively; without spirit
predilection a preference; predisposition in favor of something
foray a quick raid or sudden attack
assuage to make less severe/burdensome; to ease/pacify; to calm/appease
condescended assumed an air of superiority; patronized; talked down to
illicitly unlawfully; without permission
indigenous native to a particular region /species; inborn; innate
vexations irritations; annoyances
contemptuous scornful; despising; disdainful
contentious belligerent; argumentative
auspicious favorable; promising; propitious
arbitrated decided; determined; judged
asinine lacking sound judgment; stupid; silly
ramshackle appearing ready to collapse; rickety; dilapidated
desolate devoid of inhabitants/visitors; barren; empty
ascertaining making certain; discovering; determining; discovering
unfathomable unable to be measured or understood; immeasurable
aberrations deviations; straying from the right/normal way; irregularities
perpetrated committed; carried out; brought about
perplexity state of being confused/bewildered; confusion
inordinately unregulated; disorderly; excessively
ingenuous noble; honorable; straightforward
obstreperous noisily defiant; boisterous; unmanageable
guilelessness innocence; naivete’; honesty
vehemently passionately; powerfully; strongly
umbrage resentful displeasure; personal offense—resentment
palliation a reduction of violence; moderation of intensity
undulate to move in a wavelike motion; fluctuate
propensities natural inclinations; tendencies; leanings
Created by: taitf215
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