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English 2
Around the World #4
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English
11th Grade
09/11/2013

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cornice
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wooden or plastic molding around the walls of a room (ornamental)
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accoutered
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outfitted or equipped as for military duty
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assemblage
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group of persons gathered together; a collection
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ambuscade
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an ambush (surprise attack)
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declivity
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downward slope, descent,
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precipice
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very steep cliff; situation of great peril
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incendiaries
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arsonists!
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polygamy
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more than one spouse
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equilibrist
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person skilled in balance tightropes, acrobat
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prodigiously
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impressively great in size, force, or extraordinary
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proselytes
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new converts from one relgion to another
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undulation
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a wavelike motion regular rising and falling.
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seentary
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inactive, moving little or rarely
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pugilistic
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having to do with boxing
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subsidy
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a grant of money from government to support an undertaking; bonus
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