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Details Title: O Pioneers! Description: Vocabulary List, Part 1 to Part 2 (Up to page 82) Total Flash Cards: 31 Created: 01/20/2005 19:23:48	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term resolutely Definition marked by firm determination Term ascent Definition the act of rising or mounting upward Term perplexity Definition bewilderment, confusion; something that perplexes Term cronies Definition a close friend of long standing Term tinctured Definition to infuse or instill with a property or entity Term fortify Definition to make strong; to strengthen or secure Term volubility Definition charcterized by ready or rapid speech Term dubiously Definition giving rise to uncertainty Term indeterminate Definition not known in advance Term mortgages Definition a conveyance of or lien against property that is deferred upon payment Term goaded Definition to inctie or rouse, to talk into something; inveigle Term vacillating Definition move first one way and then another Term slovenly Definition untidy, dirty, or carelessly dressed Term defiling Definition a narrow way or passage Term indolent Definition lazy, disliking work, sloth, inert Term repose Definition rest, sleep, quiet Term crooned Definition hum, sing, or murmur in a low tone Term puissant Definition powerful, mightly, strong Term mottled Definition to mark with spots or blotches of different colors; a tie-dye shirt Term suitor Definition a man who is courting a woman Term asylum Definition an institution for the care of people with mental or physical impairments; Charlie Gordon being sent to the mental institution Term stupefy Definition to dull the senses or faculties of Term conviction Definition the state of being found or proved guilty Term prattling Definition to talk or chatter meaninglessly; loquacious Term wayward Definition unpredictable; the weather Term exorbitant Definition exceeding all bounds as of custom or fairness Term despondent Definition to lose heart or courage Term plumage Definition feathers of a bird Term indignantly Definition anger aroused by something unjust or unworthy Term forsaken Definition abandon Term ruefully Definition feel regret for