Unit 1: Novel Study: Long Walk to Freedom, Parts Eight–Eleven

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  1. preferential
    showing favor or partiality
  2. vagary
    an unexpected and inexplicable change in something
  3. hindrance
    any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
  4. intransigent
    impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason
  5. surreptitiously
    in a secretive manner
  6. rescind
    cancel officially
  7. unprecedented
    novel; having no earlier occurrence
  8. discreet
    unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic
  9. abate
    become less in amount or intensity
  10. relish
    derive or receive pleasure from
  11. animosity
    a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility
  12. deferential
    showing courteous regard for people's feelings
  13. prowess
    a superior skill learned by study and practice
  14. expurgate
    edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
  15. renounce
    turn away from; give up
  16. acclimatize
    get used to a certain environment
  17. irascible
    quickly aroused to anger
  18. memorandum
    a written proposal or reminder
  19. untenable
    incapable of being defended or justified
  20. collude
    act in unison and in secret towards a deceitful purpose
  21. bereft
    lacking or deprived of something
Created on Tue Dec 15 08:22:36 EST 2020 (updated Tue Dec 22 12:28:27 EST 2020)

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