Legend

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Ambidextrous

Able to use both hands

Baroque

From a 17th-century art form, a style characterized mostly by extravagance or opulence

Batalla

The military sector of Los Angeles

Con

A slang slur used by Day and others in Batalla in reference to the poor

Corset

A tight garment that women wear, usually under a dress, to smooth and alter their figure

Cull

To remove, often violently

Edame

A Japanese pork dish

Goddy

A slang term that Day and other Lake sector citizens use - it seems to be a replacement for "goddamn" or other similar swear words

Gurney

A wheeled stretcher

Hilt

The handle of a sword or dagger

Impromptu

Unplanned

Induction

A formal ceremony that brings a person into a group

Iris

The colored part of the eye that surrounds the pupil

Laceration

A ragged wound

Lavish

Excessive

Levee

A barrier used to keep a river or lake from overflowing

Mercenary

A person who takes part in an armed conflict for personal gain, often money, rather than a cause

Mundane

Dull; everyday

Notes

The Republic's currency

Obligatory

Mandatory; required

Patient Zero

The first person to be infected with a particular disease

Pipette

A laboratory tool used to transfer liquid

Pragmatic

Practical

Prodigious

Unusually impressive

Rebuke

To criticize sharply; reprimand

Repulsed

Disgusted

Siphon

To draw liquid from a one vessel into another using a tube

Skiz Fight

A street fight that onlookers bet on

Slew

A large number of something

Subdued

Quiet; depressed

Terse

Using few words

Trial

An exam that Republic children must take at age ten that determines the rest of their life

Trot

A slang word used by Day, similar to "jerk" with classist overtones

Wan

Pale

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