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The Night Thoreau Spent in Jai
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English
11th Grade
05/24/2006

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Aghast
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Struck by shock, terror, or amazement
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Agnostic
Definition
One who believes that it is impossible to know whether there is a GOD
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Apreggio
Definition
a chord played in rapid succesion rather then simultaneously
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Atheist
Definition
One who disbelieves or denies the existence of Gods or gods
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Awash
Definition
Level with or washed by waves
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Cadence
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The measure or beat of movement,as in dancing or marching
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Cantakerous
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ill tempered and quarrelsome; disaggreeable
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Conformity
Definition
acting according to certain accepted standards
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contortion
Definition
to twist, wrench, or bend severely out of shape
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corporal
Definition
relating to, or affecting the body
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Custom
Definition
A habitual practice of a person
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Cyclorama
Definition
A large curtain or wall,usually concave, hung or placed at the rear of a stage
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Disconsolate
Definition
Cheerless;gloomy
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Disparaging
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To reduce in esteem or rank
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Doggedly
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with obstinate determination
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Heathen
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a person who does not acknowledge your God
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Inalienable
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That cannot be transferred to another or others
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Ineptitude
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Unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
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Motionless
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Having or making no motion
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Municipality
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A political unit, such as a city,town, or village, incorporated for a local self-governmnet
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Munificent
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Very liberal in giving, generous
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Nonagenarian
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A person 90 years old or inbetween 90 and 100
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Patrician
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A person or refined upbringing, manners, and tastes
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Psychosomatic
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Of or relating to a diorder having physical symptoms
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Quizzically
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Teasing; mocking
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Rumination
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To act of pondering;meditation
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Sheepish
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Meek or stupid
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Spentic
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affected or marked by ill humor or irritability
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Surrealistic
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Having an oddly dreamlike or unreal quality
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Transcends
Definition
To exist above and independent of
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