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English Vocab List List 17
"As I Lay Dying" Vocab #1
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11th Grade
03/30/2011
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adze
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a cutting tool with an arched blade for shaping wood
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brogans
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ankle-high work shoe
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burlesque
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ridiculous parody
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catamount
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mountain lion
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chinking
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caulking, mortar
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chocked
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stopped with a block or wedge
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curvetting
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the leaping of a horse from a rearing position
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discommode
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to inconvenience or disturb
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fetlock
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part of horse's leg where a tuft of hair grows behind the foot-joint
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foal
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to give birth to
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forehanded
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thrifty
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frieze
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decorative band bearing sculpture
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glycerin
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syrupy liquid
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gout
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a drop, spot, or splash
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implacable
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relentless
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interstices
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spaces of time; narrow spaces or intervals between things
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keen
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to wail in lamentation
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maul
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sledgehammer; heavy hammer used for driving wedges
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nimbus
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halo; a bright cloud surrounding a deity or saint
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opaline
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like an opal; milky iridescence
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