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Death of a Salesman Vocabulary
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12th Grade
11/29/2006
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angular
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bony, lean, or gaunt
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audacity
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boldness; daringness
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aura
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atmosphere;sensation
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befuddled
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to confuse
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credulous
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gullible;naive
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dormer
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type of window
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elegaic
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expressing sorrow
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elegiac
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expressing sorrow
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gratis
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free
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incipient
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beginning to exist/appear
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laconic
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using few words; concise
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mercurial
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changing unpredictably
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philanderer
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one who flirts with a woman they can't have
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raucous
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boisterous;loud
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stolid
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revealing little emotion
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trepidation
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fear;uneasiness
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turbulence
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violent disorder
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debilitation
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to make weak or feeble
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empyrean
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highest heaven
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fallibility
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capable of being mistaken/deceived
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arias
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a solo vocal piece
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correlative
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relating to one another
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idyllic
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simple
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blighted
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withered;destroyed
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inculcating
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instilling something into someone by repetition
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oscillation
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fluctuation
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lethal
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deadly
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pathological
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caused by a disease or condition
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implicit
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implied (not just stated); absolute;unquestioning
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encapsulated
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made concise or condensed
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autonomous
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self-governingl independent
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capitalism
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economic system w/ private individuals/corporations
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culcability
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deserving to be brave
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peremptory
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given no opportunity for denial or refusal
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