Question 1

noun; points of union; connections

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junctures

Question 2

verb.; moved clumsily or heavily

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lumbered

Question 3

adj.; with extreme anxiety or torment; distressed

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anguished

Question 4

verb; to seize and punish someone believed to have committed a crime

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lynch

Question 5

verb; cringing or moving backward defensively in fear

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cowering

Question 6

adj.; soothed, appeased; calmed

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mollified

Question 7

noun; a pain-relieving cream or ointment

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liniment

Question 8

verb; beat, battered, or tore at a person or animal

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mauled

Question 9

noun; anger about an unfairness or wrongdoing

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indignation

Question 10

(participle; adj.); shouting or laughing at someone or something in a mocking or hurtful way

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jeering

Question 11

verb; provided comfort to someone who is distressed or saddened

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consoled

Question 12

verb; responded in a witty, angry, or insulting manner

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retorted

Question 13

adj., uninteresting or boring

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monotonous

Question 14

verb; pierced with a sharp instrument

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lanced

Question 15

verb; behaved in a whining or self-pitying way

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sniveled

Question 16

adj.; uninvolved with people or events; remote

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aloof

Question 17

adj.; belligerent or aggressive in nature; quarrelsome

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pugnacious

Question 18

adj.; clever and useful

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handy

Question 19

adv.; in a threatening way, indicating something bad is going to happen

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ominously

Question 20

verb; to cast something off; shed

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slough

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