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vocabulary from As I Lay Dying in AP English
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English
11th Grade
03/11/2010
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Turgid
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swollen/pompous
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burlesque
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caricature
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bereavement
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to deprive; grieving
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myriad
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innumerable and diverse
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volitional
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by one's will
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congealed
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change from fluid to solid state; to make immobile
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implacable
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not able to be satisfied
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portentous
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foreshadowing, ominous
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soporific
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sleep-inducing
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flout
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insult
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scoriation
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sloppily cut groove
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repudiant
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to denounce
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inference
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draw conclusion (uniferent= unaware)
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surreptious
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sneaky
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begrudge
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to give reluctantly
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beholden
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in debt
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Peremptory
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autocratic, unwarranted power
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expiation
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atonement, compensation for wrong
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chattel
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property
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Gethsemane
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instance/place of great suffering (Biblical reference)
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frieze
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a decorative horizontal band (to display art)
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dapple
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to mark with spots
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ascetic
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a person leading a life of self-denial, especially for spiritual improvement
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