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Heart of Darkness Vocabulary terms
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Literature
12th Grade
03/02/2011
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assegais
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spear; javelin
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august
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majestic; marked by dignity or grandeur
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connoisseur
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expert
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declivity
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downward slop
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detonation
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explosion; rapid combustion in an internal engine that causes knocking; to set off activity
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diaphanous
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transparent; delicacy of form
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digressions
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going backwards in literary discourse
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drollery
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quirky humor
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emissary
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spy
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estuary
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river meets sea; tide meets current
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ichthyosaurus
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prehistoric reptile; aquatic abilities and streamlined body
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immutability
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impossible to change
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indefatigable
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unable to become tired
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insidious
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treacherous; harmful but enticing
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interminable
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having or seeming to have no end; especially wearisomely protracted
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moribund
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dying; approaching death
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precedence
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priority; of importance
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primeval
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primitive; earliest ages
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altruistic
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unselfish
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edifying
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establishing; enlightening
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evanescent
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tending to vanish like vapor
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fortitude
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strength of mind
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fusillade
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a lot of shots fired simultaneously
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harlequin
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comic character
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imbecility
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utter foolishness; futility
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incontinently
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without moral constraint
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penetrable
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capable of seeing into or through
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peroration
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highly rhetorical speech
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pestiferous
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carrying disease; troublesome; annoying
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preeminently
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having paramount rank or importance
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repulsive
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tending to repel or reject
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rudimentary
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primitive
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serried
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crowded together
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stanchions
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an upright support for a roof
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sustenance
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a means of support or maintenance
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unfathomable
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impossible to comprehend
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untrammeled
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unrestrained
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wraith
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ghost
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culminated
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reaching decisive point
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intrepidity
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fearlessness; endurance
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modulated
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toned down; keep in proportion; pass from one state to another
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absconded
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flee and hide; depart secretly
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circuitous
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indirect
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denominate
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assigned a title; to name
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factitious
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artificial; produced by humans rather than by nature
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fecund
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productive; fruitful
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flaunting
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showing off
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jocose
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humorous; joking
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litany
 Definition
a repetitive chant
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motley
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diverse; mixture of incongruous elements
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noxious
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harmful
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pauper
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poor person
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satanic
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evil; characteristic of Satan
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satiated
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satisfied fully
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scathing
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bitterly severe
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senile
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old
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suavely
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smoothly; sophisticated
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tenebrous
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gloomy; shut off from light
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tepid
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moderately warm
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unscathed
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unharmed
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ascendancy
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domination; controlling influence
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callous
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insensitive; feeling no emotions
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evanescence
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vanishing; like vapor
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obsequiously
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obedient; over-attentive
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rapacity
 Definition
quality of being ravenous
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recrudescence
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a return of something; new action after a period of inactivity
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sepulcher
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a burial place
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servile
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too obedient; slave-like
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suggestive
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stimulating thought; indicative
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superciliousness
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arrogance; patronizingly haughty
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uncongenial
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unfriendly; unsympathetic; not compatible
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visitation
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a visit from an official; severe trial; affliction
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beguiled
 Definition
charmed or deceived
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demoralization
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ruin somebody morally
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imperceptible
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tiny; not easily perceived by the mind or senses
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lugubrious
 Definition
gloomy; sad or mournful
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prevaricator
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a person who lies constantly
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propensity
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natural tendency
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sedentary
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inactive; doing nothing; sitting; requiring little movement
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sententiously
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terse
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transgression
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sin
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wantonly
 Definition
undisciplined; lavish; extravagent
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