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from the red badge of courage and julius caeser act 1
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Literature
9th Grade
01/11/2010

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grimace
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noun
a twisted facial expression
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reveling
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verb
taking great pleasure
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davenport
Definition
noun
couch
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possesives
Definition
grammar term
show that something belongs to the noun for which the pronoun stands
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avaricious
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adj
greedy for riches
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credulity
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noun
tendency to believe to readily
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furtively
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adv
secretly, steathily
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troika
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noun
russian carriage or sleigh drawn by a specially trained team of 3 horses abreast
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apprenticed
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assigned to work a specified length of time in a craft or trade in turn for instruction
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independent clause
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a clause that can stand by itself in a sentence
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making inferences
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reaching conclusions
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lifeless
Definition
without life
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profound
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deep
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form a mental image
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using imagery to picture an event
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subjunctive mood
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expressing a condition contrary to fact
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spare
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lean or thin
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portentous
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foreboding; full of unspecified meaning
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climax
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the point which tension is the greatest
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deftness
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skillfullness
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drama
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literary art form that recreates human life and emotions
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