Vocabulary "Charles" by Shirley Jackson

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insolent

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boldly rude or disrespectful

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maneuver (v.)

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to perform or carry out such a planned movement

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cynical

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doubtful or distrustful of the goodness or sincerity of human motives

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renounce (ANTONYM)

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to accept

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polite (ANTONYM of insolent)

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showing good manners and respect

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swagger

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to walk or behave in a very confident and arrogant way

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prim

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stiffly formal and respectable; feeling or showing disapproval of anything regarded as improper

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haggard

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looking exhausted and unwell, especially from fatigue or worry

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incredulous

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unwilling or unable to believe something

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to give up (SYNONYM of renounce)

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to cease to keep or claim; to surrender