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Short Story Vocab. Quiz sept.29
vocab words for short story quiz sept.29th, 2011
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9th Grade
09/28/2011

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Spall
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noun, a chip or a splinter, as of stone or ore. verb, to break into smaller pieces, split or chip.
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Imprudent
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Adjective, showing no care, forethought, or judgement
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Incredulous
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Adjective, unable or unwilling to believe something or completely unconvinced by it.
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Rendering
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noun, artistic portrayal, translation, coat of plaster, architects perspective drawing
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To Degrade
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verb, to lower the rank of
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Degraded
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adjective, a lowered level of value, eroded
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Pacify
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verb, to calm, to bring peace to
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Imprudence
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the state of being imprudent
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Renderer
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to give help, translate something, portray something artistically, give decision, draw something, submit something for action, give something as due, trade something, give something up, return something
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Spalled
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noun, chipped or splintered, as of stone or ore. verb, ore or stone broken into smaller pieces.
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Amendment
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noun, alteration to something, change to legal document, process of altering something.
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Incredulity
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noun, the state or feeling of disbelief.
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Pacifism
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noun, belief in peaceful resolution of conflicts.
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Renderer
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noun form of render, somebody who renders.
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Pacifist
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noun, a believer in pacifism.
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Amends
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noun, something done or given as compensation for a wrong doing.
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Prudent
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adjective, having good sense, carefully considering consequences, careful in managing resources
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Rend
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verb, tear something apart, tear clothes, take somebody or something away forcibly, shatter something, distress somebody
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Rampart
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noun, fortified embankment, a tall wall of protection
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Pacific
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adjective, leading to or promoting peace, unagressive or having peaceful temperment. Proper Noun, the largest ocean on earth
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Degradation
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noun, great humiliation, act of humiliating somebody, bad living conditions, loss of quality, process of decline, erosion, breakdown of compound, decrease of energy
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Prudence
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noun, the state of being prudent
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Amend
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verb, improve or correct something, revise legislation, behave better than before
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Pacifier
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Rubber device baby's suck on
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