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Tom Sawyer
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Literature
7th Grade
03/28/2010

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profane
Definition
to defile
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discordant
Definition
disagreeing,clashing,dissonant
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felicity
Definition
happiness
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Pathos
Definition
a feeling of sympathetic pity
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Beseech
Definition
beg someone to do something, implore
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morose
Definition
sullen, gloomy, plaintive, lugbrious
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construe
Definition
to infer
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audacious
Definition
bold, swaggering, blustering, arrogant
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pliant
Definition
easiley influenced, yielding, flexible
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furitive
Definition
stealthy, sneaky, surreptitious, convert
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evanescent
Definition
fleeting, short-lived
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intrepid
Definition
fearless, resolute, fortitude, and endurance
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alacrity
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promptness, cheerful, readiness

 

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adamantine
Definition
determined, persistent, rigidly
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ambuscade
Definition
ambush
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derision
Definition
ridicule, mockery, scorch
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glowering
Definition
to stare angrily
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sidiling
Definition
move sideways
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sagacity
Definition
wisdom, good judgement, prudence
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guile
Definition
deceit, duplicity
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