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Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy
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Literature
6th Grade
12/14/2008

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Deacon
Definition

A Church officer who helps the minister.

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Meander
Definition

To wind around.

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Parish
Definition

An area of land under the charge of a minister.

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Hewn
Definition

Shaped or cut with an ax.

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Dory
Definition

A flat bottomed boat with flared sides.

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Shanty
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A small crudely built shelter made out of wood.

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Starch
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Stiffens clothes when wet.

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Deed

Definition

A legal document that says who has owned the land.

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Perdition

Definition

Damnation, to goto hell.

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Squalor
Definition

A filthy and wretched condition or quality.

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Sordidness
Definition

Unworthiness, dirtiness, wretchedness

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Charles Darwin
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English naturalist and author, explorer and created the theory of evolution.

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Vastness
Definition

Unusual largeness in size, extent or number.

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Maelstrom
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A large violent whirpool.

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Sloop
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A single masted sailing vessel.

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Impertinent

Definition

Relating dectly and significantly to the matter at hand; relevant: perient details.

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Throttle
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To choke or strangle.

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Tutelage
Definition

Teaching/instruction

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The Aeneid
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Author: Vergil, a Latin epic poem

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Insolence
Definition

Disrespect, impundence, the trait of being rude.

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Adjudicate
Definition

To serve as a judge.

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The Origin of the Species
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Author: Charles Darwin, about natural selection (evolution) Published in 1899

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Conflagration

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A big destructive fire.

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Jaunty

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Sprightly and perky

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Bulbous
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Bulb shape, bulging, rounded

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Eulogy
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A speech or writing in prease of a person at their funeral. (Funeral speech)

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Conniving
Definition

To cooperate scretly in an illegal or wrongful action.

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Lackadaisical
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Lazy, showing lack of interest

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Cupola
Definition

A roof in the form of a dome, a small dome on a room

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Frisian
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A heavy black work horse.

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Reel
Definition

A lively dance.

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