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6th Grade
05/19/2014

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meticulously
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taking or showing extreme care about minute details
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indignant
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expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, or insulting
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raucous
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harsh; rowdy; disorderly
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riddiculed
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to make fun of
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formidable
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causing fear; of discouraging or awesome strength
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oblivious
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unmindful; unconcious; unaware; forgetful; without memory
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gloat
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to look at or think about with great or eccesive, often with smug or malicious satifaction
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engrossed
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to occupy completely, a the mind or attention; absorb
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retailiated
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to return like for like, esp, evil for evil
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jovial
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having or expressing humor; jolly
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ambled
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to walk slowly or leisurely; stroll
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malovently
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having or exhibiting ill will; wishing harm to others; malicious
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impaled
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" Oh look! I've been impaled! :D"

 

to pierce with a sharp stake or point 

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flinch
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to start or wince involuntarily; as from surprise or pain
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languidly
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lacking energy or vitality; weak
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despondent
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feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, discouragement, or gloom
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lethargic
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of, pertaining to, or affected with lethargy; drowsy; sluggish
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assurance
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a positive declaration intended to give confidence; full confidence
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affirmation
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the assertion that something exists or is true
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transfixed
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to make or hold motionless with ammazement, awe, terror, etc.
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desolate
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desserted; without inhabitants or visitors
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exasperation
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extremely annoyed or irratitated
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commotion
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violent or tumultous motion; agitation; noisy disturbance
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distinctly
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in a distinct manner; clearly; without a doubt; unmistakably
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frenzied
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agitated; frantic
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incredulous
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disinclined to believe; skeptical; showing unbelief
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obliged
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to place undera debt of grattitude for some benefit, favor, or service
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sinister
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threatening or portending evil, harm, or trouble; omnious
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disdain
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a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior
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enunciating
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to utter or pronounce in an articulate or particular manner
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flustered
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to become agitatedly confused; to put in a state of mental confusion
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incumbent
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obigated or obligatory
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folk literature
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features heroes, adventure, magic, and romance
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folk tale
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stories shared by people. they usually do not originate from a single author; they are passed down from generation to generation
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details contained in folk tales are
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dialect, values, geography
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oral tradition
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the passing of songs, stories, and poems from generation to generation by word of mouth
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myth
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a fictional tale that explains the actions of gods, goddesses, heroes, or elements of nature
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