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Chapter 1.2 Vocabulary/Short sentences record & share
Vocabulary
- bristle
- quarrel
- a bold / daring rebel
- luminous
- denounce
- conservatism
- nomination
- Bull Moose party
- demolish
- disastrous defeat
- reiterate
- scandal
- indignation
- bare fact
- secretary
- entrust with
- cabinet
- lease
- set aside
- oil reserve
- bid
- the fat, juicy contract
- outright
- in a high-handed manner
- United States Marine Corp
- district
- adjacent well
- bayonet
- court
- blow the lid off
- stench
- vile
- ruin
- nauseate
- wreck
- vicious
- be condemned viciously
- repent
- intimate / suggest
- betray
- spring from her chair
- tempt
- slaughter
- crucify
- homing pigeon
- lodging house
- theater
- reproduction
- dismal
- flicker
- writing and rewriting
- entitle
- exhaustive
- personality
- practicing lawyer
- indulge
- insult
- ridicule
- opponent
- pugnacious politician
- roar with laughter
- anonymous benefactor
- duel / decisive struggle
- judicial duel
- a duel of honor
- cavalry
- broadsword
- sword
- lurid
- overpower
Short sentences
- Never will I be fooled by a play boy.
- I don't see how I could have done any differently from what I have.
- Human nature in action, wrongdoers, blaming everybody but themselves.
- Lincoln's long body lay stretched diagonally across a sagging bed that was too short for him.
