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Chapter 20
Becoming Naomi Leon Chapter 20 Vocabulary
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6th Grade
04/05/2012

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jitters
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nervousness; a feeling of fright or uneasiness
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enlisting
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to enroll, usually voluntarily, for military service
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rehabilitation
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to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
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comprehensive
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of broad scope or content; including all or much
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dose
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a substance, situation, or quantity of anything analogous to medicine, especially of something disagreeable
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regret
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to feel sorrow or remorse for
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contemperary
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of the present time; modern
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peculiar
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strange; queer; odd
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refrains
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to abstain from an impulse to say or do something
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flustered
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to become agitatedly confused.
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forthcoming
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ready or available when required or expected
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siblings
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a brother or sister
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guardianship
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the position and responsibilities of a guardian, especially toward a ward.
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gavel
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a small mallet used by the presiding officer of a meeting, a judge, etc., usually to signal for attention or order.
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