English 10 FINAL EXAM, Fall 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 "motley crew" | mixture of people who are different from one another |
| alleviate | make less painful or difficult to deal with |
| apathy | lack of interest or emotion |
| commemorates | honors a memory |
| compassion | feeling for another's sorrow or hardship that leads to help; sympathy; pity |
| deficiency | lack of something that is necessary |
| dingy | dark, dirty, and in bad condition |
| disheveled | not neat; rumpled; mussed; disordered: |
| equilibrium | state of balance |
| fraud | deceit; trickery |
| gauge | measure the size, amount, or capacity of |
| hobo | person who wanders about and lives by begging or doing odd jobs; tramp |
| hooch | hard liquor, especially when very cheap or illegally obtained |
| humiliation | a lowering of pride, dignity, or self-respect |
| lavished | given with extreme generosity |
| panhandling | beg, especially in the streets |
| perpetually | continuing forever; constantly |
| repertoire | list of specific skills, abilities, or techniques used by a person in an area of endeavor |
| scrutinized | examined carefully |
| tentative | hesitant; not confident |
| tolerance | putting up with people whose opinions or ways differ from one's own |
| trace | tiny amount; hint |
| trauma | wound or other external body injury; emotional shock that has lasting effect on the mind |
| ulterior | further; beyond what is openly stated or implied |
| verified | proved to be true |
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