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5TA Penny in my Pocket
Penny in my Pocket
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Social Studies
5th Grade
04/24/2012

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torrent
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a tumultuous outpouring
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emphatically
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tending to express oneself in forceful speech or to take decisive action
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oxidation
Definition
to dehydrogenate especially by the action of oxygen
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dredge
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to dig, gather, or pull out with or as if with a dredge —often used with up
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delirious
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an acute mental disturbance characterized by confused thinking and disrupted attention usually accompanied by disordered speech and hallucinations
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pulsating
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to throb or move rhythmically : vibrate
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heebie-jeebies
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jitters, creeps
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crestfallen
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feeling shame or humiliation : dejected
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shantytown
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a usually poor town or section of a town made up mostly of shanties
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enticing
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to attract by arousing hope or desire : TEMPT
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geyser
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a spring that now and then shoots out hot water and steam
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enveloping
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to surround and enclose completely with or as if with a covering
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reverie
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the condition of being lost in thought
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