TKAM - Vocab Flashcard Ch's 1-4

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assuage

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to calm or lessen

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piety

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devotion to religious duties and practices

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dictum

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an order; a formal pronouncement

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Impotent

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Helpless or powerless; unable to take effective action

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taciturn

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reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little

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tyrannical

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oppressive and controlling

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vapid

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offering nothing that is stimulating

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malevolent

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wish to do bad things to others

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nebulous

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hazy, unclear, vague, or ill-defined

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condescend

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haughty behavior, feeling superior