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Ms. Found in a Bottle
p 255- 277
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English
11th Grade
04/13/2013

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estrange
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to alienate, to keep a distance
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garner
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to gather and store
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eloquent
Definition
persuasive and effective, often with regards to speech
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reproach
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to express disappointment or displeasure; to disgrace
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aridity
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lack of interest, dullness; extreme dryness
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impute
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to attribute
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notorious
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unfavorably known for negative traits or actions
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relish
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great enjoyment
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reverie
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a daydream
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nullity
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a worthless or unimportant point of reasoning, something with has no legal validity
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inducement
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an incentive, something that persuades
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beguile
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to pass time; to charm; to decieve, mislead
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monotony
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repetition, lack of variation
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presentiment
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the anticipation or sense that something may happen
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deign
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to do something beneath one's dignity; to stoop
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acertain
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to determine, discover, make certain of
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deluge
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to submerge, overwhelm
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breach
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the crashing of a wave; a break or gap; a violation
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cessation
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temporary or complete halt
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subsistence
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means for insistence, the necessities of life
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sullen
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brooding, gloomy
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polarize
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to tend towards opposite extremes
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turgid
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swollen, bloated; bombastic
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unfathomable
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incapable of being measured
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unabated
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steady and unrelenting
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wrapt
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deeply absorbed
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billow
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a great wave of sea water
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defer
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to delay
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stagnant
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immobile, stale
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precipitous
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extremely steep
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innumerable
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too many to be counted, inestimable
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pinnacle
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peak, highest point of development
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sublimity
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magnificence, granduer
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totter
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to stand with much unsteadiness
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cursory
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hastily done, superficial
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contrive
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to devise, plan, or manage
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gait
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the way one moves on foot
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infirmity
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disease, ailment
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solemn
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soberly impressive; quiet, deeply serious
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consitute
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to compose or be made of, to be the parts or components of something; to equal
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divine
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to foretell or know by inspiration
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singularity
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something which is uncommon or peculiar
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daub
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to apply with short, quick strokes; to dab
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porousness
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the quality of having many holes
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distend
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to swell; inflate, bloat
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veracity
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accuracy, truth
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hoary
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very old; whitish or gray from age
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facility
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ease, proficiency
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robust
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strong and healty; hardy
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myriad
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immense number, multitude
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pore
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to study closely or meditatively
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imbue
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to infuse; to dye, wet
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athwart
Definition
across, from side to side
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