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The Awakening by Kate Chopin
vocabulary words from the awakening
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Literature
11th Grade
01/26/2009
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earnest
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serious
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efface
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to destroy, ruin
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effulgence
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a brilliant, radiance
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eiderdown
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comfort, blanket
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En bonne menagere
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in good company
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ennui
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boredom
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ensconced
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to be settled down comfortably
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entreaty
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a request or appeal
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evasiveness
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avoidance, indirectness
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evinced
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exhibited, clearly shown
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family antecedents
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ancestors
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fathom
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understand, consider
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festoon
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to decorate
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glibly
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smoothly, persuasively
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flippancy
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disrespect, angered outbursts
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grotesque
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ugly, gross
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imperative
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urgent, important
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imperiling
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dangerous
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impetuous
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impulsive
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imprudent
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irresponsible
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incipiently
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starting, beginning to appear
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incoherency
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unclear, muddled thoughts
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inconsiderable
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small
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inconsolable
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filled with sorrow
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insidious
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evil, dangerous
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insurmountable
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overwhelming
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intuitively
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naturally, innately
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iota
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one bit
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irresolute
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undecided
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