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Vocabulary List 11
Naturalism Part 1
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11/23/2009

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sordid
Definition
vulgar, degrading, or corrupt
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initiation story
Definition
a story is which the main character is inducted or accepted in the membership of a group
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common-law wife
Definition
a woman who has entered into an agreement with a man to enter into a marriage relationship without church or civil ceremony; in many places this is not recognized as marriage
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tuberculosis
Definition
bacterial disease especially of the lungs
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fate
Definition
cause beyond human control believed to determine events
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accosted
Definition
approach and speak to especially aggressively
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futile
Definition
vain or useless
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infinite
Definition
having no limit or extending indefinitely
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socialism
Definition
social organization based on government control of the production and distribution of goods
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hobo
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