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Awakening Cards
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11th Grade
12/06/2007
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Quadroon
 Definition
a term for a person ith one black and three white grandparents
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Chamomile
 Definition
a strongly scented plant with medicinal uses
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Langour
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Physical weakness, lack of energy
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Reproached
 Definition
criticized
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Tacit
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Not spoken
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Toothsome
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tasty
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Efface
 Definition
To withdraw oneself shyly
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Dimunitive
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Small
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Impervious
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Not allowing penetration
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Creole
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Spanish term for native, referring to those with desendeants of early french settlers
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Prudery
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Excessive modesty and the concern for what is proper
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Droll
 Definition
Amusing in  an odd way
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Befurbelowed

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Dressed
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Camaraderie
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Friendship, companionship
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Entreaty
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Request
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vouchsafe
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guaruntee
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Jaded
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cynical or worn out
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Desultory
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random
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Capricous
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Whimsical
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Flippancy
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Lightness, Jokes
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Deprecatory
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Expressing Disapproval
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Acadian
 Definition
French Canadian Settler in New orleans
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Mulatto
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Someone with one white parent and one black parent
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Perambulations
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Walks about a place

 
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Ennui
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Boredom
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Scintillant
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sparkling
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Coquetery
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flirtatiousness
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cicatrice
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scar
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Imprudent
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Unwise or reckless
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Houris
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Virgin nymphs that are forever young and beautiful
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