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The Grapes of Wrath pt1
Mrs puritus class.
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English
11th Grade
03/29/2012
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bemused
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dazed or stunned
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dissipated
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scattered and vanished
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emulsion
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suspension
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perplexity
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confusedness
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cropper
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tenant farmer; one who farms another's land in return for some of the crop
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dogs
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feet
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hasp
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fastener
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judiciously
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sensibly; reasonably
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listless
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spiritless; limp
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meeting
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church
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protruded
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stuck out
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stinko
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drunk
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anlage
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the foundation of a subsequent development
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dispersed
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dissolved
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fetlocks
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tufts of hair on the back of an animals leg
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parapet
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low wall
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passive
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inactive
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declivity
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slope
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fallow
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cultivated but left inactive during the growing season
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freshet
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stream
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furrows
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wrinkles
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hypocrite
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one who puts on a false appearance of virtue
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minced
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walked with short steps in a prim, affected manner
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piqued
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resentful; irritated
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shebang
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everything involved in what is under consideration
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shoat
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a young hog
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slavering
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drooling; slobbering
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swale
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low lying wet stretch of land
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"the prodigal"
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prodigal son of the Bible, a spend thrift the returned penniless to his family
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wane
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to dwindle or decrease
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zenith
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highest point
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augers
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tools used to bore holes
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beseech
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to beg anxiously
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germinate
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to sprout
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"for ducks"
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for kicks
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ignited
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kindle
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mail
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to handle roughly
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petulant
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irritable; huffy
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randy
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lustful
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truculent
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cruel; aggressively self-assertive
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blazoned
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adorned; decked
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jack
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money
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piker
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cheapskate
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amended
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added
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animosity
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hostility
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arbiter
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judge
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bulbous
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bulb shaped
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cantankerous
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difficult or irritating to deal with
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citadel
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stronghold
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conjecture
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guess
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cuss
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curse
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dilated
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widened
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grizzled
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streaked with grey
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hackles
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hairs on the back of the neck
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imperturbability
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inability to be disturbed or bothered
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incredulously
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skeptically
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iridescent
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glimmering; lustrous
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lecherous
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lustful
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lithely
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gracefully; flexibly
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lobo
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wolf
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malice
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spite; ill will
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meerschaum
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a fine white claylike mineral often used to make tobacco pipes
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rakishly
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wildly; jauntily
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sufficed
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was enough for
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supplication
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prayer; plea
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veneration
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respect or awe
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assailed
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attacked
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benediction
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blessing
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complacent
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self-satisfied
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cornet
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brass instrument similar to a trumpet
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demure
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reserved
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dissent
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disagreement
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eminent
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celebrated; notable
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fatuously
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stupidly; witlessly
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hoyden
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a carefree, saucy woman
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inveterate
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firmly established; habitual
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lucent
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clear and bright
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mooned
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daydreamed
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obscured
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partially hidden; made dark
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refuse
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litter; leftovers
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relinquished
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handed over; gave up
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restively
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tensely; uneasily
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roiled
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stirred up; made disorderly
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roust
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to roughly drive from
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routed
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defeated
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sated
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satisfied
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tappets
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lever that when moved, tap another part to cause a particular motion
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titular
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in title
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