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Scythe Vocabulary

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    Vocabulary from Section 1 and 2 of the novel Scythe
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  • What word means to use deceit to achieve your goal?
    subterfuge
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  • What means annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand?
    Obtuse
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  • What means providing psychological relief through the open expression of strong emotions
    Cathartic
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  • What means contemptuous ridicule or mockery?
    derision
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  • What phrase means strength and ability to do what is right?
    moral fiber
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  • What word means a ruler or other person who holds absolute power, typically one who exercises it in a cruel or oppressive way.
    despot
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  • What word means extreme plainness and simplicity of style or appearance?
    austerity
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  • What is a person who acts creepy toward someone important in order to gain advantage?
    sycophant
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  • What means to be obedient or attentive to an excessive or servient-like degree
    obsequious
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  • What word means dispense or allot justice, a punishment, or harsh treatment?
    Meted
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  • What word mean a book, especially a large, heavy, scholarly one?
    tomes
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  • What word means designed to impress or attract notice?
    ostentatious
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  • What word means to divert or modify (an instinctual impulse) into a culturally higher or socially more acceptable activity?
    sublimating
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  • What word means mutual trust and friendship among people who spend a lot of time together?
    comraderie
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  • What word means generosity?
    magnanimity
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  • What words mean of little importance or trivial?
    petty
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