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English Vocab List 18
As I Lay Dying Vocab #2
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11th Grade
04/06/2011
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peremptory
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imperative
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portentous
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ominous, threatening
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portiere
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curtain hung over a door to prevent draft or serve as screen or ornament
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proscenium
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the stage of an auditorium; the arch that separates the stage from the auditorium
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reaccruent
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having gathered up again
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reeve
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to pass a rope through a hole or opening
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runnel
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a small stream
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rutting
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looking for sexual release while in a period of longing
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sanctity
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holiness
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sawbuck
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ten-dollar bill
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scoriation
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a flayed or sore place
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serge
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a woolen fabric
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shoat
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young hog that has been weaned
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slough
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a creek in a marsh; state or moral degradation or spiritual dejection
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soporific
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inducing sleep
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stanchion
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an upright bar
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stertorous
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snoring
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turgid
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swollen
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vindication
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justification
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withers
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ridge between shoulder bones of a horse
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