Unit 1: Novel Study: Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, Chapters 14–19

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  1. alleviate
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  2. indemnify
    secure against future loss, damage, or liability
  3. ominous
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  4. tacit
    implied by or inferred from actions or statements
  5. blunt
    characterized by directness in manner or speech
  6. morose
    showing a brooding ill humor
  7. placate
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  8. inveterate
    habitual
  9. reiterate
    say, state, or perform again
  10. deteriorate
    become worse or disintegrate
  11. phenomenon
    a remarkable person, thing, or development
  12. recalcitrant
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  13. equip
    provide with, usually for a specific purpose
  14. impudence
    the trait of being rude and impertinent
  15. subsistence
    a means of surviving
  16. frenetic
    fast and energetic in an uncontrolled or wild way
  17. confer
    have a meeting in order to talk something over
  18. confined
    not free to move about
Created on Tue Dec 08 16:04:52 EST 2020 (updated Wed Dec 16 17:48:24 EST 2020)

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