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Bernice Bobs Her Hair Vocab
vocab words from F. Scott Fitzgerald's story: Bernice Bobs Her Hair
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English
10th Grade
11/09/2008

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ingenious
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possessing cleverness or imagination, inventive, clever, effective, original
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diffident
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lacking self-confidence, rather shy and reserved in the way you behave
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babel
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confusing noise, the noise of loud voices talking all at once, a noisy place
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bob
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a woman's short haircut, especially a straight cut at chin length
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dowager
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a rich-looking or respected woman of advanced years
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facetiously
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intended to be funny but often silly or inappropriate
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odious
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inspiring hate, contempt, or disgust
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pulchritude
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physical beauty
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bolster
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encourage and strengthen through support
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vivacious
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lively and high spirited
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elusive
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hard to find, catch or pin down; hard to call to mind or memory
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inefficiency
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badly organized, fails to make the best use of time
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prelude
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an event or action that introduces or precedes something else that is more important
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proficient
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having a high degree of skill in something
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revelation
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information that is newly disclosed, revealing something previously hidden or secret
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depravity
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corruption, a corrupt act
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tonsorial
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relating to barbers or their work
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rouse
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provoke feeling, to cause someone to feel a particular emotion
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succinctly
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brief and to the point, confined tightly by something such as a belt
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sphinx
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originally from Greek mythology a winged creature with a lion's body and human head, a mysterious or inscrutable person, someone with a secret
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bon mot
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a witty comment
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incapacitate
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deprive of effectiveness, take away another's power, force or effectiveness
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tumbrel
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from the French Revolution, the cart that carried condemned prisoners to the guillotine
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deterrent
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something or someone who deter another, restrains another, a stop to action
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mediocre
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average, adequate but not good
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attenuate
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to make weaker, to reduce the strength of something
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foibles
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weakness or quirks
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