Chapters 1 and 2

Dawn Z. (United States of America)
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  1. detriment
    a damage or loss
  2. dexterous
    skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands
  3. discretion
    power of making choices unconstrained by external agencies
  4. facetious
    cleverly amusing in tone
  5. gregarious
    temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
  6. optimum
    most desirable possible under a restriction
  7. ostentatious
    intended to attract notice and impress others
  8. scrupulous
    characterized by extreme care and great effort
  9. sensory
    relating to or concerned in sensation
  10. vicarious
    experienced at secondhand
  11. collaborate
    work together on a common enterprise or project
  12. despondent
    without or almost without hope
  13. instigate
    provoke or stir up
  14. resilient
    recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like
  15. retrospect
    contemplation of things past
  16. rudimentary
    being in the earliest stages of development
  17. scoff
    laugh at with contempt and derision
  18. squelch
    suppress or crush completely
  19. venerate
    regard with feelings of respect and reverence
  20. zealot
    a fervent and even militant proponent of something
Created on Sun Oct 16 18:48:20 EDT 2011

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