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Alistair Cooke's America, New-Found Land - Vocabulary
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History
9th Grade
11/14/2013

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prehistoric
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(adj.) of or pertaining to the time or period prior to recorded history
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anthropologist
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(n.) a social scientist who specializes in the study of humans
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glacial
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(adj.) of or pertaining to ice sheets
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debauched
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(adj.) morally corrupt
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palate
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(n.) the sense of taste
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cartographer
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(n.) a person whose job is drawing maps
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maniacal
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(adj.) violent or dangerous and uncontrolled
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vexatious
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(adj.) troublesome
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chronicler
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(n.) someone who writes a series of events
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idol
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(n.) a statue or other object that is worshipped by people who believe that is a god
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terrestrial
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(adj.) of or relating to land
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extinction
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(n.) the total destruction of (something)
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arduousness
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(n.) difficult, tiring, and involves a lot of effort
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apocalyptic
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(adj.) relating to the total destruction of something, especially of the world
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fistula
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(n.) a narrow passage or duct formed by disease or injury
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invincible
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(adj.) cannot be defeated
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barbaric
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(adj.) rough and uncivilized
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vaquero
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(n.) cowboy
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estampida
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(n.) stampede
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poncho

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(n.) a blanket like cloak with a hole in the middle for the head
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bronco
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(n.) an untamed horse
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lazo
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(n.) lasso
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adobe
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(n.) clay house
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