Name____________________________________________
Date______ L4T__ Ms. De Pas
Vocabulary
List for “The Bet “ by Anton Chekhov
Directions: define in
English, usage from the context of the story. Use the spaces below to add your
words.
1.
solitary confinement
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2.
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3.
capital punishment
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4.
life imprisonment
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5.
immoral ( adj
)
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6.
unsuitable( adj )
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7.
รก priori is Latin for from the earlier, it means knowing without doing something, knowing something is true without proof
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8.
humane( adj
)
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9.
clever ( adj
)
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10.
senseless( adj
)
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11.
frivolous ( adj )
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12.
spoilt ( adj
)(spoiled)
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13.
trifle ( N
)
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14.
Gospel –The teachings of Jesus Christ, the
relighous book of Christians
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15.
compulsory ( adj )
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16.
voluntary ( adj )
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17.
to poison (V)
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18.
meaningless ( adj )
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19.
nonsensical ( adj )
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20.
reckoning (N) calculation, understanding
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21.
pluck ( adj
) courage, nerve
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22.
dreary ( adj
)
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23.
captivity (N)
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24.
threshold (N)
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25.
bound ( adj
)required, forced
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26.
foe (N)
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27.
to procure
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28.
zealously ( adv )
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29.
treatise (N) an essay, a study of
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30.
indiscriminately (adv)
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31.
indebted (V)
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32.
lodge(N) a small house
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33.
emaciated ( adj )thin, shrunken
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34.
whirl (N) a turn, spin
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35.
hideousness ( adj ) ugliness, repulsiveness
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36.
contempt (N) hatred, disdain
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