Unit 3: Novel Study: Gulliver’s Travels, Parts 3–4

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  1. stout
    fairly large
  2. reprobate
    a person without moral scruples
  3. despond
    lose confidence or hope; become dejected
  4. phenomenon
    any state or process known through the senses
  5. vehemently
    in a forceful manner
  6. infirmity
    the state of being weak in health or body
  7. provoke
    annoy continually or chronically
  8. meager
    deficient in amount or quality or extent
  9. inclement
    severe, of weather
  10. malleable
    capable of being shaped or bent
  11. brevity
    the use of concise expressions
  12. sojourn
    spend a certain length of time; reside temporarily
  13. digression
    a message that departs from the main subject
  14. perpetuity
    the property of being seemingly ceaseless
  15. antipathy
    a feeling of intense dislike
  16. abominable
    exceptionally bad or displeasing
  17. intemperance
    excess in action and immoderate indulgence of appetites
  18. dispossess
    deprive someone of something, especially property
  19. iniquitous
    characterized by injustice or wickedness
  20. malady
    impairment of normal physiological function
  21. luxurious
    rich and superior in quality
Created on Tue Dec 15 08:20:03 EST 2020 (updated Thu Dec 17 16:52:11 EST 2020)

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