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Chapters 3-15 Vocabulary For The Human Comedy

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outfit
any cohesive unit such as a military company
solicitude
a feeling of excessive concern
implication
something understood without being openly or directly expressed
accumulate
to increase gradually in quantity or number
vigor
active bodily or mental strength or force
persevere
to stick with something, not to give up
dynamic
energetic or forceful
contraption
man made instrument or device
apt
bound to happen
regulation
usual, standard
hubris
exaggerated pride or self-confidence
presumptuous
overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy), bold
patronize
to treat haughtily or cooly
marvel
to become filled with surprise, wonder, or amazed curiosity
vicissitude
a favorable or unfavorable event or situation that occurs by chance, change
malicious
intended to commit an unlawful act or cause harm without legal justification or excuse
deliberate
slow, unhurried, and steady as though allowing time for decision on each individual action involved
fanfaron
a braggart
subjugate
to make submissive, to bring under control and governance as a subject
isolation
the state of being separated, alone, or solitary
premeditate
thinking about something before you do it, thought out ahead of time
extemporaneous
composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of a moment
unruly
not readily disciplined or managed
righteous
arising from an outraged sense of justice or morality
toady
to flatter in hope of gaining favors
exertion
a laborious or perceptible effort
bewildered
perplexed or confused by a complexity, variety, or multitude of objects or considerations
proprietor
an owner, a person who has legal right or exclusive title to something
pliancy
flexable
render
to cause to be or become
contempt
disdain, the state of mind of one who despises, lack of respect or reverence for something
liable
being in a position to incur, bound to happen
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