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The Book Thief Vocab
Vocab List for the Book Thief
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Literature
11th Grade
09/20/2010

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Spectrum
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Range of values
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Perpetual
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Continuing w/o interruption
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Trepidation
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Fear
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Septic
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Infected, poisoned
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Unsavory
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Distasteful or disagreeable
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Hiatus
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A break
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Auspicious
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Favorable, Fortunate
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Auspicious
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Favorable, fortunate
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Raucous
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Harsh, disorderly
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Lechery
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Excessive indulgence in sexual activity
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Disdain
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Feeling/show of superiority and dislike
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Berate
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To scold harshly
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Derision
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Ridicule, jeering laughter
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Catalyst
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Someone/something that causes something but is not changed by the consequences
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Misogynist
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One who hates women
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Audacious
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Bold, spirited, unrestrained
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Nefarious
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Infamous because of being extremely wicked
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Goad
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To prod or urge
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Morbidity
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Being excessively gloomy
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Grim
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Harsh, cruel, stern, resolute, sinister
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Scythe
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Instrument w/ long handle for cutting grass
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Peruse
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To examine/read with great care
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Flippant
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Marked by disrespectful humor in a serious matter
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Prolific
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Fertile, producing much of something (children, books, works)
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Castigate
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To criticize/punish severely
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Fervent
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Showing great emotion or happiness
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Serenity
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Calm, stress-free
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Amiable
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Friendly, good-natured, likeable
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Foreboding
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Threatening
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Accrue
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To acquire
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Gait
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Particular manner of moving on foot
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Animosity
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Active/bitter hatred
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Proverbial
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commonly referred to as a characteristic, peculiarity etc.
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Futility
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Lack of success or meaning
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Admonish
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To go against something cautiously
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Kinetic
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Produced by motion
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Forlorn
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Wretched/pitiful in condition
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Machinations
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(The act of) Scheme or plot
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Jocular
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Characterized by joking
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Dilapidated
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falling to pieces, shabby
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Precarious
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Lacking stability, unknown
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Brandish
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To wave something menacingly
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Affability
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Approachable, gentle, gracious
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Succumb
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Die, to submit to a force
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Keen
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Sharp, intense, strong, fine point
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Diabolical
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Concerning the devil, satanic
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Proffer
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To offer acceptance
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Ajar
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Partially opened
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Innocuous
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Harmless
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Capitulate
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To come to terms, give up resistance
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Capitulate
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To come to terms, give up resistance
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Quell
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To suppress, quiet forcibly
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Iridescent
Definition
Producing brilliant rainbow-like colors
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Immutable
Definition
Not subject to change
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