Hargrove's TKAM Chapters 18-23

Ms. Hargrove (United States of America)
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  1. acquainted
    having fair knowledge of
  2. brash
    offensively bold
  3. browbeat
    discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner
  4. expunge
    remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
  5. lavation
    the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
  6. pilgrimage
    a journey to a sacred place
  7. predicament
    an unpleasant or difficult situation
  8. proceeding
    a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
  9. volition
    the act of making a choice
  10. wrathfully
    in a wrathful manner
    wrathful: Full of or characterized by intense anger.
  11. acquit
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  12. contraband
    distributed or sold illicitly
  13. corrupting
    harmful to the mind or morals
  14. detachment
    lack of emotion or interest
  15. discreet
    marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint
  16. indict
    accuse formally of a crime
  17. perpetuate
    cause to continue or prevail
  18. temerity
    fearless daring
  19. vengeance
    harming someone in retaliation for something they have done
  20. verdict
    findings of a jury on issues submitted to it for decision
  21. aggravate
    make worse
  22. appeal
    earnest or urgent request
  23. cynical
    believing the worst of human nature and motives
  24. diction
    the manner in which something is expressed in words
  25. fatalistic
    accepting that everything that happens is inevitable
  26. fret
    worry unnecessarily or excessively
  27. heathen
    a person who does not acknowledge your god
  28. resentment
    a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
  29. statute
    an act passed by a legislative body
  30. vehement
    marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions
Created on Wed Aug 21 23:18:05 EDT 2013

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