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English III - Grapes of Wrath
Vocab for my H. English III class; 2nd Set
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11th Grade
11/28/2010
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contemptuous
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scornful
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culvert
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a transverse drain
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derricks
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framework or towers above deep drill holes
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doleful
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downcast, sorrowful
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mattock
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tool used for digging/grubbing
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receded
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moved backwards, decreased
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tepid
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lukewarm
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timbre
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resonance
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wizened
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withered
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plummet
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drop/fall
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zygote
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individual just beginning to develope
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bridles
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draws back in anger or scorn
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faltering
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hesitating
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languid
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lacking in energy or spirit
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mica
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mineral easily spread into paper-like sheets
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vivaciousness
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livelines
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babbitt
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an alloyed metal containing tin, copper, and antimony
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derilicts
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drifters, hobos
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handbill
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flyer
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proprietor
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owner
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querulously
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irritably
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shim
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a thin piece of of wood, metal, or stone used to fill in space between things
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vagrant
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drifter/hobo
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integrated
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joined together, blended
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ostracism
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excluded
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transcend
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rise above
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decorous
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proper
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epaulets
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ornaments on the shoulder of a jacket
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exhortation
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plea, urging
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heliograph
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apparatus used for telegraphing using the suns rays and mirrors
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imperiously
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in a bossy manner
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pinnacles
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peaks
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ramparts
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wall-like ridges
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ramparts
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wall-like ridges
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vehemence
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intensity
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feral
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savage
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goaded
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urged on to action
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inevitably
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unavoidable
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nebulous
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vague; indistinct
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penitent
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one who repents
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rotgut
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cheap liquor
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serf
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lowest on feudal pyramid
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abasement
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humiliation
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abasement
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humiliation
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beligerently
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aggresively; in a war-like manner
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compelled
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moved, forced
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disconsolate
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depressed
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servile
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slavish
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speculatively
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wonderingly
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ferment
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to seethe
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paradoxes
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something self-contradictory, but true
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pellagra
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disease marked by skin and gastrointestinal disorders
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pustules
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pus-filled blisters
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rachitic
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rickety
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