Unit 3: Cluster 3

Edge: Level C, Volume 1, Unit 3, Cluster 3.

Here are links to the other clusters within Unit 3: "Amigo Brothers" and "Lean on Me", "My Brother's Keeper" and "What Price Loyalty?", "The Hand of Fatima" and "Old Ways, New World"
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  1. lavish
    characterized by extravagance and profusion
  2. chafe
    become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
  3. dismay
    lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
  4. miserable
    contemptibly small in amount
  5. admonish
    scold or reprimand; take to task
  6. keen
    demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
  7. hardy
    having rugged physical strength
  8. customary
    commonly used or practiced
  9. naive
    marked by or showing unaffected simplicity
  10. outweigh
    be more important or signficant than
  11. composed
    serenely self-possessed and free from agitation
  12. slim
    being of delicate or slender build
  13. stocky
    having a short and solid form or stature
  14. chide
    scold or reprimand severely or angrily
  15. dignified
    formal or stately in bearing or appearance
  16. conscientious
    characterized by extreme care and great effort
  17. feign
    make believe with the intent to deceive
  18. modest
    marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself
  19. faint
    indistinctly understood or felt or perceived
  20. weathered
    worn by exposure to the elements
  21. baffling
    hard to comprehend, solve, or believe
  22. pursue
    go in search of or hunt for
  23. sulky
    sullen or moody
  24. underlie
    be underneath
  25. casual
    not showing effort or strain
  26. disquiet
    make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
  27. grasp
    understand the meaning of something
  28. distraught
    deeply agitated especially from emotion
  29. subdued
    quieted and brought under control
  30. utter
    express in speech
  31. stealthily
    in a manner marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
  32. impel
    urge or force to an action; constrain or motivate
  33. hunch
    an impression that something might be the case
  34. diffident
    showing modest reserve
  35. betray
    disappoint, abandon, or prove undependable to
  36. coherent
    marked by an orderly and consistent relation of parts
  37. controversial
    marked by or capable of causing disagreement
  38. spurn
    reject with contempt
  39. submissive
    inclined or willing to give in to orders or wishes of others
  40. caste
    social status conferred by a system based on class
  41. delicate
    developed with extreme subtlety
  42. abolish
    do away with
  43. lenient
    not strict
  44. pervasive
    spreading or spread throughout
  45. irreconcilable
    impossible to bring into accord
Created on Thu Jul 21 11:54:01 EDT 2016 (updated Tue Aug 16 10:58:47 EDT 2016)

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