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"The Devil and Tom Walker"
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10th Grade
01/15/2011

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morass
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a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
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prevalent
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most frequent or common
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forlorn
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marked by or showing hopelessness
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articulate
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speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way;provide with a joint
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balk(ed)
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something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress; refuse to comply
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piteous(ly)
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evokes a tender or sometimes slightly contemptuous sorrow or empathy for people, a person, or an animal in misery, pain, or distress.
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celibacy
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lifestyle of someone who is, and is striving to remain, unmarried all his/her life. It is also used to describe a state of life where one chooses to abstain from all sexual activities
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stagnant
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Lacking freshness, motion, flow, progress, or change; stale; motionless; still
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precarious
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affording no ease or reassurance
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prostrate
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render helpless or defenseless;flat: stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
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impregnable
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immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with
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incantation
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a ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect
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boding
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foreboding: a feeling of evil to come
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cloven
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separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
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swarthy
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tawny, dusky, dark; dark-skinned; evil, malicious; weathered, rough
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consecrate
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give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause; render holy by means of religious rites
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propitiate
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make peace with
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surmise
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to be the case or true or probable; a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
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obliterate
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kill: mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
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resolute
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firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination
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propitiatory
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expiatory: having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation
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forbear
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resist doing something
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surly
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inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace
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prowess
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a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation
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obstinate
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stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
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usurer
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someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest
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ostentation
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Ambitious display; pretentious parade; vain show; display intended to excite admiration or applause; A show or spectacle; intended to attract notice and impress others
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parsimony
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extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
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expediency
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a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one
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superfluous
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serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
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