Slaughterhouse Five (Vonnegut)

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20 Terms

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Soliloquize

Talk to oneself

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Irony

Incongruity between what might be expected and what occurs

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Covetous

Immoderately desirous of acquiring something

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Sordid

Morally degraded

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Unmitigated

Not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity

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Piety

Righteousness by virtue of being religiously devout

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Putrid

Morally corrupt or evil

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Addle

Mix up or confuse

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Pretext

A fictitious reason that conceals the real reason

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Ghastly

Gruesomely indicative of death or the dead

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Decrepit

Lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality

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Resolute

Characterized by quickness and firmness

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Clemency

Leniency and compassion shown toward offenders

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Vertigo

A reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall

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Balderdash

Trivial nonsense

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Mosaic

Design made of small pieces of colored stone or glass

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Extrapolate

Draw from specific cases for more general cases

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Acrimonious

Marked by strong resentment or cynicism

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Rarefied

Of high moral or intellectual value

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Feign

Give a false appearance of