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Short Story Unit VOCAB.
Terms and Definitions
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9th Grade
10/03/2016
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   Impunity

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free from consequences or punishment
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Precluded
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prevented, made impossible
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retribution
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payback / punishment
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accosted
 Definition
to greet in an aggressive manner
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afflicted
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suffered
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explicit
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clearly stated
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recoiling
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staggering backward
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termination
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end
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subsided
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settled down / became less active
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placid
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tranquil /calm
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garish
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gaudy / too bright
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recounted
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told or repeated in detail
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sullen
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gloomy / dismal
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furtively
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stealthily / sneaky
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imperative
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absolutely necessary
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reconnaissance
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exploratory in nature

 

("to spy out the land")
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fretful
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irritable / discontent
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palpable
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able to be touched or felt
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indolently
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lazily, idly
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bizarre
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odd or strange in appearance
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naive
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unsophisticated; unaware
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scruples
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moral sense of right and wrong;

 

misgivings about something one feels is wrong
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blandly
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mild, in a soothing manner
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grotesque
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having a strange or bizarre design 

(incredibly ugly)
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futile
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useless / hopeless
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precipitous
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steep, sheer

(as in a cliff or drop off)
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marauders
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raiders, those who take something by force
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medley
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a mixture of things
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condolence
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expression of sympathy or grief
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languor
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lack of vigor / weakness
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succor
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aid or help, relief
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rakishly
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carelessly casual, dashing look
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hurtling
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moving swiftly and forcefully
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distraught
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troubled, confused and distracted
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haggard
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having a worn, tired appearance / look
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insolent
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boldly disrespectful / rude
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insinuatingly
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implying something about someone

(hinting, suggesting)
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cur
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a contemptible person

 

(analogy: a mean dog)
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cannonading
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continuous firing of artillery
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derisive
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showing contempt or ridicule
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inscrutable
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mysterious, not easily understood
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imminent
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happening or occurring soon
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iridescent
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having shifting, rainbow-like colors
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vortex
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center of a situation,

which draws in all that surrounds it

 

(i.e. tornado)
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infallibility
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the condition of being unable to fail
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entrails
 Definition
internal organs
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precariously
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insecurely
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evanesced
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faded away, vanished
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portents
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signs or omens
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vile
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wicked
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ravenous
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extremely hungry
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acclaimed
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greeted with loud applause
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pandemonium
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a state of wild disorder
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spurn
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scornfully reject
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declasse'
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(French) Low class
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rueful
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regretful, a feeling of sorrow
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resplendent
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shining brightly
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disheveled
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untidy, disarrayed
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profoundly
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deeply, intensely
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Greek / Latin Roots
Pre-
 Definition
before
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phob -
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fear
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phil-
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love
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-ous
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having the quality of; full of
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dol-
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pain, sorrow
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-ject
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to throw
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scrut-
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to search or examine
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-clam
 Definition
to call out / to shout
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