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TSB Vocab 6-8

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  • to speak with sudden involuntary pauses
    stammer
  • to give a half suppressed, typically scornful laugh
    snicker
  • to stand upright away from the skin (of hair or fur)
    bristle
  • unable to bend or be forced out of shape; not flexible
    rigid
  • to admit that something is true or valid after first denying or resisting it
    concede
  • severe or bare in appearance or outline
    stark
  • serving as a temporary substitute
    makeshift
  • excessively greedy
    gluttonous
  • a puff of steam (of a steam engine)
    chuff
  • continuing without pause or interruption (regarded as unpleasant)
    incessant
  • not certain or fixed
    tentative