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Section 5 Vocabulary
Twelve words from section 5 of The Book Thief
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English
9th Grade
02/21/2014

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Imperative
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(adj) necessary, crucial
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Sadistic
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(adj) desiring to inflict harm or suffering upon another
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Malice
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(adj) deriving pleasure from inflicting cruelty
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Sporadic
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(adj) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional
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Debilitate
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(v) to make weak or feeble
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Caustic
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(adj) severe, satirical, sharp
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Hiatus
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(n) A break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, or action
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Envisaged
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(v) contemplated, visualized, mused
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Self-Deprecation
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(n) belittling or under-evaluating oneself; being expressively unassertive
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Pallid
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(adj) pale, ashen; wasted or washed out
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Vociferously
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(adv) loudly, noisily
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Beleaguered
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(v) harassed, tormented
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