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The Most Dangerous Games By Connell Pages 5-11 (Astrakhan-Barbarous)
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7th Grade
08/25/2012
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Astrakhan
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Fiber made from lamb fleece
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Spare
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Thin
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Dumb
 Definition
Unable to speak
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Cossack
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Peasant of Polish/Russian descent
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Baronial
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Associate with a baron, or a minor lord
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Refectory
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Dining hall.
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Palates
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Personal sense of taste and flavor
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Amenities
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Qualities that aren't essential but make something more attractive or pleasant
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Affable
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Easygoing and Friendly
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Cosmopolite
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A person with knowledge of world cultures
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Appraising
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Evaluating
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Incense
 Definition
When burned, gives off a pleasant smell (usually wood)
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Port
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Strong sweet red wine
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Ardent
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Enthusiastic
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Caucasus
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A mountain range in Caucasia
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Debacle
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Disasture or failure
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Imprudent
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Unwise
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Czar
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An emperor of Russia
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Quarry
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A hunted animal, pray
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Surmounted
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To over come a difficulty
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Grisly
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Horrible or gruesome
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Quizzically
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Expressing a question or puzzlement
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Condone
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To tolerate
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Droll
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Amusing in an odd way
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Naive
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Simple, trusting, inexperienced
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Snuffbox
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A small box for storing powered tobacco.
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Puritan
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A Protestant religious group who belive in strict and simple religious disipline
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Scruples
 Definition
Ethical restraint
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Mongrels
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An offensive term for somebody of mixed race
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Providence
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God's guidance or fate
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Barbarous
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Extremely cruel or uncivilized
adj
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