Chapter 3 Vocabulary
Insouciance (63)- Carelessness; heedlessness; thoughtlessness; unconcern.
Substratum (65)- something that is spread or laid under something else; a stratum or layer lying under another.
Incrimination (65)- to charge with responsibility for all or part of an undesirable situation, harmful effect, etc.
Inimical (66)- adverse in tendency or effect; unfavorable; harmful.
Sordid (67)- meanly selfish, self-seeking, or mercenary.
Squalid (67)- foul and repulsive, as from lack of care or cleanliness; neglected and filthy.
Preternaturally (71)- out of the ordinary course of nature; exceptional or abnormal.
Carnal (75)- pertaining to or characterized by the flesh or the body, its passions and appetites; sensual.
Miasma (80)- noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter; poisonous effluvia or germs polluting the atmosphere.
Segue (85)- any smooth, uninterrupted transition from one thing to another.
Commiserated (89)- to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity.
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