Vocabulary Flashcards

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Grimly

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in a very serious, gloomy, or depressing manner

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Conked

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break down; die

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Awning

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a sheet of canvas or other material stretched on a frame and used to keep the sun or rain off of a storefront

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Scuttle

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a metal container with a sloping hinged lid and a handle, used to fetch and store coal for a fire

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Veer

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change direction suddenly

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Buffer

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a person or thing that prevents incompatible or antagonistic people or things from coming into contact with or harming each other

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Lurched

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make an abrupt, unsteady, uncontrolled movement or series of movements, staggered

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Bounding

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walk or run with leaping strides

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Discouraged

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having lost confidence or enthusiasm; disheartened

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Weary

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feeling or showing tiredness, especially as a result of excessive exertion or lack of sleep