Vocabulary Unit 5

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eerie

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causing fear because of strangeness; weird, mysterious

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fray

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a brawl; a noisy quarrel; to wear away by rubbing; make ragged or worn; to strain, irritate

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inhabitant

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one living permanently in a given place

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bungle

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to act or work clumsily and awkwardly; to ruin something through clumsiness

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bluster

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to talk or act in a noisy and threatening way; to blow in stormy gusts; speech that is loud and threatening

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acute

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sharp or severe in effect; intense; having a sudden onset, sharp rise, and short duration

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smug

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contentedly confident of one's ability, superiority, or correctness; self-satisfied

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tarry

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to delay or be tardy in acting, starting, coming, etc.; to linger

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commentary

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a series of comments or explanations; an expression of opinions or offering of explanations about an event or situation

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headstrong

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determined to have one's own way; willful; stubborn