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1) In a moment, however, wisely judging that one token of her shame would but poorly serve to hide another, she took the baby on her arm,
and with a burning blush, and yet a haughty smile, and a glance that would not be abashed, looked around at her townspeople and neighbor’s.
A student wants information about an unfamiliar word in the passage:haughty. He consults a dictionary entry. Which information is MISSING
from the dictionary entry below? haughty
adj: haughty; comparative adjective: haughtier, superlative adjective:
haughtiest
-arrogantly superior and disdainful.
'a look of haughty disdain
syn:proud, arrogant, conceited, snobbish
ant modest, humble
Origin: mid 16th century: extended form of obsolete haught, earlier
haut, from Old French, from Latin altus 'high'.
A) Etymology
B) Pronunciation
C) Part of speech
D) Precise meaning

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