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Short Story Vocab
Romanticism
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English
10th Grade
09/19/2011

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dystopia
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an imagined place where everything is as bad as it can be; opposite of eutopia
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jovial
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cheerful; joyous
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paraphernalia
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equiptment or apparatus used in or neccessary for a particular activity
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perfunctory
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hasty and superficial
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petualantly
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impatient, irration
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decorous
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characterized by dignified manner, appearance, a person who has class
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pedants
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person who makes excessive or innapropriate display of learning rules or details
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banality
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not unique
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amiably
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having or showing pleasant good natured qualities; warm natured; appable
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magnanimous
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forgiving; generous or forgiving in injury
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paradox
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self contridictory
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piquancy
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pungent or sharp
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phantasm
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fantasy
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sagacious
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having or showing acute mental discern ment and keen practical sense, having good judgement; shrewd
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immolation
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sacrafice
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absconded
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leave hurriedly and secretly, typically to avoid detection or arrest
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gesticulation
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animated or excited gesture
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obstinate
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STUBBORNLY adhering to one's purpose
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consternation
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sudden alarming amazement or dread that results in confusion
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indignation
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ANGER or annoyance provoked by unfair treatment
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junture
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point in time
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implacable
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relentless, unstoppable; not to be appeased
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premonition
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a strong feeling of something about to happen; feeling of anticipation of a future event; forwarning
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