Chapter 10-12
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- blithe
- cheerful, lighthearted
- contentious
- quarrelsome, inclinded to argue
- acquiesce
- to accept without protest, to agree
- covet
- to desire something belonging to another
- crestfallen
- discouraged, dejected, downcast
- garrulous
- given to much talking
- lamentable
- to be regretted or pitied
- respite
- a period of relief or rest
- retribution
- a repayment; a deserved punishment
- sinuous
- winding;having many curves
- sonorous
- full; deep; rich in sound
- vanguard
- the foremost part of an army; the leading position in any field
- wastrel
- a wasteful person; a good for nothing
- conclusive
- serving to settle an issue; final
- disreputable
- not respectable
- endemic
- native or confined to a particular region or people
- fathom
- to understand
- guile
- a treacherous sunning; deceit
- placate
- to appease; soothe; pacify
- pretext
- a false reason
- abjure
- to renounce; to avoid; shun
- acrid
- harsh in taste or odor
- clandestine
- secret; concealed; underheanded
- compunction
- remorse; regret
- indelible
- not able to be erased or removed
- inveterate
- firmly established, long-standing
- platitude
- a common place, stale, or trite remark
- quell
- to subdue, put down forcibly
- quiescent
- inactive; at rest
- ruminate
- to meditate, think about at length; to chew the cud
- tacit
- unspoken, silent
- trenchant
- incisive, keen; forceful, effective