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Things Fall Apart Vocab
Week 3 and Week 4
30
English
10th Grade
11/29/2010

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Evangelists
Definition
a preacher of the gospel.
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Excrement
Definition
waste matter discharged from the body.
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Dialect
Definition
a provincial, rural, or socially distinct variety of a language that differs from the standard language.
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Benevolently
Definition
characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings.
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Derisive
Definition
contemptuous; mocking.
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Enthralled
Definition
to captivate or charm
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Perserved
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To keep alive or in existance.
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Miscreant
Definition
depraved, villainous
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Degenerate
Definition
to fall below a normal or desirable level in physical, mental, or moral qualities.
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Impotent
Definition
lacking power or ability.
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Derision
Definition
ridicule; mockery.
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Taboo
Definition
proscribed by society as improper or unacceptable.
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Caste
Definition
any class or group of society sharing common cultural features.
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Emanation
Definition
to send forth; emit.
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Atonement
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the experience of humankind's unity with God exemplified by Jesus Christ.

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satisfaction or reparation for a wrong or injury; amends.

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Blasphemes
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to speak evil of; slander; abuse.
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Ostracize
Definition
to banish (a person) from his or her native country; expatriate.
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Exclude
Definition
to shut or keep out; prevent the entrance of.
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Expedient
Definition
tending to promote some proposed or desired object; fit or suitable for the purpose; proper under the circumstances.
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Idolatrous
Definition
worshiping idols.
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Bereaved
Definition
(of a person) greatly saddened at being deprived by death of a loved one.
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Profane
Definition
characterized by irreverence or contempt for god or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
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Imminent
Definition
likely to occur at any moment.
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Wan
Definition
 of an unnatural or sickly pallor.
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Desecrated
Definition
to treat with sacrilege; profane.
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Pauper
Definition
a very poor person.
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Sonorous
Definition
loud, deep, or resonant, as a sound.
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Sacrilege
Definition
the violation or profanation of anything sacred or held sacred.
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Superfluous
Definition
being more than is sufficient or required; excessive.
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Resolute
Definition
firmly resolved or determined; set in purpose or opinion.
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