Short Story C,D
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kayinspeppers on March 1, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Cultivated | prepared and used for raising crops; tilled |
| Condone | to disregard or overlook (something illegal, objectionable, or the like). |
| Droll | amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous; waggish. |
| Scruple | a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions. |
| Grisly | causing a shudder or feeling of horror; horrible; gruesome |
| Imprudent | not prudent; lacking discretion; incautious; rash. |
| Elude | to avoid or escape by speed, cleverness, trickery, |
| Solicitously | anxious or concerned |
| Imperative | absolutely necessary or required; unavoidable |
| Degradation | the act of degrading. |
| Zealous | full of, characterized by, or due to zeal; ardently active, devoted, or diligent. |
| Stamina | strength of physical constitution; power to endure disease, fatigue, privation |
| Deplorable | causing or being a subject for grief or regret; lamentable |
| Uncanny | having or seeming to have a supernatural or inexplicable basis; beyond the ordinary or normal; extraordinary |
| Consolation | the act of consoling; comfort; solace |
| Diffuse | to pour out and spread, as a fluid. |
| Execute | to carry out; accomplish |
| Inertia | inertness, esp. with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness. |
| Primitive | being the first or earliest of the kind or in existence, esp. in an early age of the world: |
| Futile | incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not successful |
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