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The Wave - Vocabulary
Chapter 2
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Education
7th Grade
01/15/2008

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Depict
Definition
to describe or portray something with words or through a picture
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Documentary
Definition
a factual movie or television program
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Atrocity
Definition
a shockingly cruel act
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Emaciated
Definition
extremely thin
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Humane
Definition
showing the better aspects of human character such as kindness and compassion
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Menial
Definition
unskilled
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Ebb
Definition
to diminish or lessen intensity
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Espouse
Definition
to adopt or support something as a belief or cause
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Paranoid
Definition
unreasonably suspicious of other people and their thoughts or motives
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Psychopath
Definition
somebody affected with a personality disorder marked by aggressive, violent, antisocial thought and behavior
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Heinous
Definition
extremely evil
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Inflation
Definition
higher prices or condition of being filled with pride
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Revulsion
Definition
feeling of disgust
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Quintessential
Definition
the purest or most perfect example of something
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Compete
Definition
to try to win or do better than others
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