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Tristan Cabrera, Week 4
Week 4
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Literature
11th Grade
09/27/2011

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Term
Scoff
Definition
  • "'Your permission,'" scoffed Ginny.
  • To speak defensively.
  • skawf
  • Verb
Term
Raucous
Definition
  • Lights twinkled from windows over shops and as they neared the Three Broomsticks they heard raucous shouting.
  • harsh; strident
  • raw-kuh[image]s
  • Adjective
Term
Billow
Definition
  • Harry's waterlogged clothes billowed around him and weighed him down.
  • to swell out, puff up
  • bil-oh
  • Verb
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Placidly
Definition
  • "Yes," said Dumbledore placidly.
  • peacefully, calmly
  • plas-id-lee
  • Adverb
Term
Fickle
Definition
  • Though the tilt-rotor Ospreys were capable of a vertical landing and takeoff, safety concerns with the fickle Arctic weather prompted orders that they be deployed conventionally.
  • Likely to change, instable
  • fik-uh[image]l
  • Adjective
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