A long way gone Chapter 1

Shellen R.
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  1. refugee
    an exile who flees for safety
  2. fatigue
    temporary loss of strength and energy from hard work
  3. malnourishment
    not having enough food to develop or function normally
  4. plague
    any large-scale calamity
  5. translucent
    allowing light to pass through diffusely
  6. evade
    avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
  7. verandah
    a porch along the outside of a building
  8. embedded
    enclosed firmly in a surrounding mass
  9. resonate
    produce a deep, clear sound
  10. adage
    a condensed but memorable saying embodying an important fact
  11. autonomy
    political independence
  12. apathetic
    showing little or no emotion or animation
  13. substantiate
    establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
  14. rhetoric
    study of the technique for using language effectively
  15. denounce
    speak out against
  16. tenacity
    persistent determination
  17. disparage
    express a negative opinion of
  18. empathy
    understanding and entering into another's feelings
  19. contempt
    lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
  20. divisive
    causing or characterized by disagreement or disunity
  21. digress
    wander from a direct or straight course
  22. elicit
    call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
  23. implicit
    suggested though not directly expressed
  24. perilous
    fraught with danger
  25. labyrinthine
    resembling a maze in form or complexity
  26. capricious
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  27. anecdote
    short account of an incident
  28. devoid
    completely wanting or lacking
  29. belligerent
    characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
  30. voracious
    devouring or craving food in great quantities
  31. disdain
    lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
  32. idiosyncrasy
    a behavioral attribute peculiar to an individual
  33. irony
    incongruity between what might be expected and what occurs
  34. lucid
    transparently clear; easily understandable
  35. evoke
    call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
  36. erratic
    liable to sudden unpredictable change
  37. vindictive
    disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge
  38. duplicitous
    marked by deliberate deceptiveness
Created on Wed Oct 03 09:01:19 EDT 2012 (updated Tue Oct 16 08:25:23 EDT 2012)

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