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Short Stories
Eva Luna
38
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02/06/2005
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interminable
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endless
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reverberating
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resound in a series of echos,
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appropriate
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take possession of, set apart of a particular use
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repertory
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place of knowledge
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ruffian
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brutal person, tough, bully
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impunity
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exemption from punishment or harm
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psaltery
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instrument
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grotto
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cave
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banal
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ordinary, uninteresting, average
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assuage
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ease or satisty, make better
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inclemency
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story, severe, harsh
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bordello
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whore house
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appellation
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name
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heinous
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shockingly evil
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tractable
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eaisly controlled
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incendiary
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pertaining to or used to ignite fire
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inexorable
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not being able to be persuaded, inflexible
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appartatus
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complex machine or device
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pandemonium
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wild uproar
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mitigate
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make less severe
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quell
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put down
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bent
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naturally tendincy
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vestiges
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visable trace or remains
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prenicious
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harmful
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vicissitudes
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surprising change
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palate
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roof of the mouth
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viscous
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having a thick/sticky consistency
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impregnating
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to make pregnant, to be filled
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elation
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filled with joy
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aphrodisiac
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substance that excites sexual desire
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bucolic
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country side, rural
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lederhosen
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leather worn by men/boys
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galleon
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spanish ship used for war/commerce
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ethereal
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surreal, unreal,
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telluric
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of or relating to the earth
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cataclysm
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catestrophe, event that brings great change
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putrefying
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to make rotten/decay
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accentuated
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to accent or emphasize
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