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Vocabulary # 1
My Life in Dog Years
Term | Definition |
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Unabashedly | without embarrassment or shame |
Mandatory | needed; required; necessary; essential |
Haggle | to argue back and forth |
Civilian | a person who is not a member of the police force or of any branch of the military services |
Ravaged | destroyed |
Evolved | gradually changed |
Conical | shaped like a cone |
jauntily | playfully; in a carefree manner |
Beckon | call or invite |
Solitude | a state of loneliness or isolation |
Excruciatingly | painfully |
Salvation | being rescued or saved |
Visceral | emotional; able to be felt within the body |
Palpable | able to be felt or touched; clear; evident |
Entity | a being or individual |
Scorn | mocking; contempt; disgust |
Compelled | Forced or required |
Absolve | pardon; forgive |
Singular | one of a kind; unique |
Menace | threatening |
Impasse | deadlock; a situation from which there is no escape |
Rangy | slender and having long limbs |
Cohorts | group; team |
Perversion | a change from the normal form |
Materialized | appeared unexpectedly |