Unit 6: Novel Study: Love Medicine, "The World's Greatest Fisherman"–"The Red Convertible"

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  1. exasperation
    a feeling of annoyance
  2. weathered
    worn by exposure to the elements
  3. pensive
    deeply or seriously thoughtful
  4. bolt
    move or jump suddenly
  5. venture
    proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers
  6. oblivious
    lacking conscious awareness of
  7. reckless
    marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences
  8. tense
    become nervous or uneasy
  9. brood
    think moodily or anxiously about something
  10. corrosion
    deterioration in metals from oxidation or chemical action
  11. gape
    look with amazement
  12. vigor
    forceful exertion
  13. notion
    a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
  14. tender
    given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
  15. bind
    create social or emotional ties
  16. waver
    move back and forth very rapidly
  17. bleak
    offering little or no hope
  18. crest
    reach a high point
  19. couple
    bring two objects, ideas, or people together
  20. inculcate
    teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
  21. implicit
    suggested though not directly expressed
  22. alight
    come down
  23. douse
    wet thoroughly
  24. relent
    give in, as to influence or pressure
  25. confinement
    the act of keeping something within specified bounds
  26. plague
    annoy continually or chronically
  27. eradicate
    destroy completely, as if down to the roots
  28. precarious
    not secure; beset with difficulties
  29. fetid
    offensively malodorous
  30. repose
    relax or recline in a comfortable resting position
  31. court
    engage in social activities leading to marriage
Created on Tue Dec 08 14:02:13 EST 2020 (updated Wed Dec 16 15:56:14 EST 2020)

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