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Chapter 5
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6th Grade
12/08/2011

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acute
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with a sharp point; keen and alert; sharp and severe rising quickly to a high point and lasting for a short time (clever, penetrating)
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bluster
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to talk or act in a noisy and threatening way; to blow in stormy gusts. Speech that is loud and threatening (spout, rant, brag, swagger, bravado)
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bungle
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to act or work clumsily and awkwardly; to ruin something through clumsiness (blunder, botch, mess up)
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commentary
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a series of notes clarifying or explaining something; an expression of opinion (explanation, remarks, narration, description, account, review, analysis)
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duration
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the length of time that something continues or lasts
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eerie
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causing fear because of strangeness; weird, mysterious (frightening, spooky, creepy)
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facet
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one aspect or side of a subject or problem; one of the cut surfaces of a gem (angle, characteristic, factor, element, cut)
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fidelity
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the state of being faithful, accuracy in details, exactness (loyality, faithfulness)
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fray
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a brawl, a noisy quarrel. To wear away by rubbing; make ragged or worn; to strain, irritate (scuffle, unravel)
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headstrong
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willful, stubborn (obstinate, mulish, unruly)
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inhabitant
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one living permanently in a give place (resident, native, occupant, tenant)
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numb
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having lost the power of feeling or movement. To dull feelings of; to cause to lose feeling (unfeeling, insensible, dazed, deaden)
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pacify
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to make peaceful or calm; to soothe (mollify, placate)
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refute
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to prove incorrect (disprove, rebut)
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remorse
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deep and painful regret for one's past misdeeds; pangs of conscience (guilt)
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setback
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something that interferes with progress; a disappointment, unexpected loss or defeat; a steplike recession in a wall (failure, reversal)
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smug
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overly self-satisfied, self-righteous (conceited, complacent)
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synopsis
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a brief statement giving a general view of some subject, book, etc.; a summary (outline, digest, abstract)
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tarry
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to delay leaving; to linger, wait; to remain or stay for awhile (dawdle, dally)
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ravenous
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greedy; very hungry; eager for satisfaction (starved, famished, voracious, wolfish)
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