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Reading Selection #7
The Overcoat (Oct. 29th-Nov. 2nd)
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Literature
8th Grade
11/01/2011

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agreeable
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pleasing; pleasant; to one's taste or liking
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brutality
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cruelty; savageness; inhumanity
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compassion
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sorrow or pity aroused by the suffering of another; sympathy; mercy
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heartrending
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causing intense grief; very distressing
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humble
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1) low in rank or position; not important
2) not proud; modest; meek
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jeer
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speak or cry out in mockery, contempt, or scorn; mock; ridicule; scoff
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jolt
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jar; shake up; interfere with roughly and abruptly
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superior
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one who is above another in position or rank
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vestibule
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lobby; passage or hall between the outer door and the inside of the building
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well-bred
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well brought up; refined; showing good manners; cultivated
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