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Vocab Test 1
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8th Grade
09/15/2014
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Pivoted
 Definition
turned as if mounted on a rod or shaft
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Homing Pigeon
 Definition
a pigeon taught to return to its roost
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Gray cells
 Definition
brain
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arbitrate
 Definition
settle, decided
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sympathetic ink
 Definition
ink that is invisible unless exposed to heat, light, or chemicals
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terrapin
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an aquatic turtle; in this story, the "terrapin" is likely a land-dwelling tortoise
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coddled
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treated carefully and tenderly
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prophetic
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capable of predicting the future
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offensive
 Definition
on the attacked
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proposed
 Definition
suggested for consideration
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alien
 Definition
strange or foreign
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cavity
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a hole
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obligations
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duties
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berserk
 Definition
crazy, violent
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caged
 Definition
put the ball threw the hoop
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ingenuity
 Definition
cleverness
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intricate
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very involved of complex
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mundane
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ordinary
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scanting
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a pice of lumber such as is used for the frame of a house
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confectioner
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a person who compounds certain substances
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yeoman
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an english farmer who owned the ;and he cultivated
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etiquette
 Definition
polite; mannerly behavior
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fugitive
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one who runs from something
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chamois
 Definition
made of soft leather
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