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| abominate- to have an intense dislike or hatred for |
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| Old Milon _______ the Prussian army for killing his loved ones. |
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| Acculturation- modification of social patterns; the resulting blend |
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| Old Milon never went through the process of _______ with the foreign soilders staying at his farm. |
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| Adventitious- resulting from chance rather from an inherent cause, accidental |
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| The soildiers that Old Milon killed did nothing wrong but still suffered an ________ fate. |
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| Ascribe- to assign or refer to (as a cause or source), attribute |
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| You can _______ Old Milon's hate to the deaths of his loved ones by the Persian Army. |
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| Circuitous- roundabout, not direct |
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| In the beginning, the colonel accused Old Milon of the murders in a very ________ way because he did not think the old man was capable of such things. |
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| Commiserate- to sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for |
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| A soldier was able to ________ with Old Milon's pain at losing two family members because it happened to himself as well. |
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| Enjoin- to direct or order; prescribe a course of action in an authoritative way |
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| After Old Milon spat in his face, the colonel ________ his fellow soldiers to kill him. |
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| Expedite- to make easy, cause to progress faster |
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| Old Milon __________ his execution by spitting in the colonel's face repeatedly. |
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| Expiate- to make amends for; to avert |
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| Old Milon had to kill 16 Prussian soldiers to _________ for the deaths of his loved ones. |
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| Ferment- a state of great excitment, agitation or turbulence |
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| Rather than being ________, Old Milon was quite calm and impassive as he confessed to the murders. |
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| Inadvertent- resulting from or marked by lack or attention, unintentional, accidental |
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| The soldiers _______ found Old Milon was the murderer only when they found him with a sword mark on his face. |
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| Nominal- existing only in name, not real, too small to be considered or taken seriously |
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| Old Milon had to do something to keep his loved one's deaths from being _______, so naturally he went on a homicidal rampage. |
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| Noncommittal- not decisive or definite |
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| At first, the colonel was __________ on killing Old Milon, but it all changed when he got spat on. |
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| Peculate- to steal something that has been given into one's trust |
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| Old Milon's guise of accomodating and hospitable was only a guise to mask his plan to peculate from the soldiers. |
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| Proclivity- a natural or habitual inclination or tendency |
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| For an old man like himself to be able to murder 16 young, fit men, Old Milon must have had a _________ for murder. |
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| Sangfroid- composure or coolness |
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| Old Millon retained his ____________ during the entire interview until he eventually spat at the colonel. |
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| Seditious- resistant to lawful authority; having the purpose to overthrow an established government |
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| Old Milon's attitude to kill all the Prussians can simply be described as ________. |
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| Tenuous- thin, slender; lacking clarity or sharpness |
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| Old Milon's confession was not _________, in fact, it was very detailed and clear. |
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| Vitrolic- bitter, sarcastic; caustic |
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| Old Milon's behavior turns from respectful to _________ when he begins to spit on the colonel. |
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| Wheedle- to use coaxing or flattery to gain some desired end |
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| Old Milon ________ the soldiers to gain their trust just so it would be easier to kill them later. |
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