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EPI Research Based Practices
Teaching Lesson - Vocabulary
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Social Studies
7th Grade
02/25/2012

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Term
billow
Definition
a moving cloud or mass of something such as smoke or cloth; if something made of cloth billows, it moves in the wind.
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superintendent
Definition
A person who has the authority to supervise or direct.
A janitor or custodian in a building, especially in an apartment house
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jauntily
Definition
Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk
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tarpaulin
Definition
a large heavy cloth or piece of thick plastic that water will not pass through, used to keep rain off things
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transposed
Definition
to change the order or position of two or more things
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spewing
Definition
to flow out of something quickly in large quantities, or to make something flow out in this way
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tantrum
Definition
a childish fit of rage
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prospects
Definition
a probability or chance for future success
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riddance
Definition
the act of getting rid of something undesirable or unpleasant
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concession
Definition
something that you allow someone to have in order to end an argument or a disagreement
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