English 3 Week 1 & 2 Vocab Cards

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accost

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to approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way

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ambivalent

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having or showing simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings toward something or someone

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austere

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stern and cold in appearance or manner, markedly simple or unadorned

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brevity

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shortness of duration

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censure

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a judgment involving condemnation

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compulsory

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required or compelled by law : mandatory, obligatory

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didactic

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designed or intended to teach, making moral observations : intended to teach proper or moral behavior.