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Mr D's Reading Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The act of using another person for selfish purposes | Exploitation |
| clear; plainly understood | unequivocal |
| made weaker or less useful | impaired |
| Series of planned steps | maneuver |
| favoring change in the social structure | radical |
| the act of climing or rising | ascent |
| insulting; dishonorable | degrading |
| give evidence to prove an arguement | refute |
| still using the hands or boldly | Dexterity |
| wealth; abundance | affluence |
| in the order previously named | respectively |
| weighted down by work sorrow or duty | Burden |
| a widely held opinion about a person whether good or bad | reputation |
| a reason or motive to hide ones real intentions | Pretext |
| wise and careful | Judicious |
| unlucky or unfortunate happenings | mishaps |
| ready to spring out, attack; existing undiscovered | Lurking |
| punishment for wrongdoing | retribution |
| great suffering from | Anguish |
| without calling attention to oneself | Unobtrusively |
| fancy clothes and accessories | finery |
| moral upright | Virtuous |
| not strict | Indulgent |
| marked by decay or decline | Decadent |
| in an imaginable or beleivable way | Conceivably |
| not disturbed or troubled calm | Serene |
| able to be perceived by the senses | tangible |
| spread out widely in different dirrections | Diffused |
| energetic activity | exertion |
| causing worry or anxiety | Worrisome |
| tormented by someting just out of reach | tantalize |
| devoted to learning | studious |
| an interior dividing wall | partition |
| giving off light; shining bright | luminous |
| obviously; clearly | evidently |
| as a result | consequently |
| the act of climbing down | Descent |
| keep up | Sustain |
| couting generations of family | Descendents |
| too many to count | Innumerable |
| few in number; not common | Scarce |
| loving | affecionate |
| a wonder; an unusually talented person | prodigy |
| into stage | preliminary |
| threatening harm or evil | Sinister |
| agreement to a request | Compliance |
| very harsh or strict | rigorous |
| conceal or hide | obscure |
| inward looking; thoughtful | intospective |
| gave up | renounced |
| at sametime | Simultaneously |
| with doubt or disbelief | Incredulously |
| Not possible to explain | inexplicable |
| heavenly | celestial |
| direct opposite | antithesis |
| 2 things that seem directly at odds | paradoxes |
| the noting of differences between things | Distinctions |
| people who flee from their homes in times of trouble | refugees |
| sad; depressed | melancholy |
| sensitive; sharp | acute |
| clarity; awareness of detail | distictness |
| stopped | ceased |
| contempt; ridicule | derision |
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HuskerChamp1
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