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from sea to shining sea
mrs. pinkett smith,s class
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Literature
6th Grade
11/29/2008

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mutineers
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crew members on a ship who revolt against their officers
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flue
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pipe in a chimney that leads the smoke outside
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colossal
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astonishingly large;extrodianary
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conscience
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recognition or inner sense of right and wrong
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literally
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actually; in fact
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immigrate
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come into a foreign country to settle
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apprehension
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fear that something bad will happen
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immersed
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deeply involved in
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ancestral
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relating to one's ancestors
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surveyed
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looked over in a carful way;examined; inspected
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envelop
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to wrap up;to cover completly
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bargain
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something bought,offered or sold at a price favorable to the buyer.
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discreet
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careful about what one says or does;prudent
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credibility
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believabilty
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constellation
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group of stars named after,and thought to resemble, an object, an animal, or a mythological creature
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anxiously
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in a worried way
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revelation
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something revealed; a disclosure of something not previously known or realized
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tenement
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here, a rundown apartment building
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quake
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tremble or shake; shudder or shiver,as from fear or cold
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banked
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adjusted to burn slowly and long
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chronic
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continuing indefinetly; perpetual; constant
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austere
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showing strict self-discipline;severe
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