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Section 5 Vocabulary- Anne Frank, story of a young girl.s
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01/29/2012

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expedient
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tending to promote some proposed or desired object; fit or suitable for the purpose; proper under the circumstances: it is ____ that you go.
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scandalous
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disgraceful; shameful or shocking; improper: ____ behavior in public.
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pseudonym
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a fictitious name used by an author to conceal his or er identity' pen name
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lozenge
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a small, flavored tablet made from sugar or syrup, often medicated, originally diamond-shaped.
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malaria
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any of a group of diseases, usually intermittent or remittent, characterized by attacks of chills, fevver, and sweating: formerly supposed to be due to sqamp exhalations but now known to be caused by a parasitic protozoan, which is transferred to the human bloodstream by a mosquito.
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dungarees
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work clothes, overalls, etc., of blue denim
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jocular
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given to, characterized by, intended for, or suited to joking or jesting
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ardent
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having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent: a _____ vow; _____ love
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succulent
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full of juice; juicy
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prefabricated
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to fabricate or construct beforehand
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capitalist
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a person who has capital expecially extensive capital invested in business eterprises.
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surpluuses
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something that remains above what is used or needed
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persisstent
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persisting especially a formal or didatic one; written communication
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boisterous
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rough and noisy; noisily jolly or rowdy; clamorous; unrestrained: the sound of ______ laughter
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pedestal
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a supoorting structure or piece; base
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inflation
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a persistent, substancial rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currencey
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chaos
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a state of utter confusion or disorder; a total lack of organization or order
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prophecy
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the fortelling or prediction of what is to come
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abyss
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a deep, immeasurable space, gulf, or cavity; vast chasm
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incalculable
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very numerous or great
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explicit
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fully and clearly expressed or demonstrated; leaving nothing merely implied; unequivocal
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dregs
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the least valuable part of anything: the _____ of society
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devastate
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to lay waster; render desolate
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epistle
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a lterrer especcialy a formal or didactic one; written communication
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liberation
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to set free, as from imprisionment or bondage
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