TFA Vocabulary Chapters 1-3

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Improvident

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Lacking foresight or thrift

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Folly

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Lacking good sense, foolishness

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Cowrie

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Brightly colored glossy mollusk shells

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haggard

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looking exhausted and unwell, especially from fatigue, worry, or suffering.

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Impending

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About to happen; forthcoming.

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Plaintive: sounding sad and mournful

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Example: Susie heard the plaintive cries of a kitten under her porch.

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Contemplative

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deeply thinking; pondering