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The Most Dangerous Games By Connell. Vocab for the first 5 pages.
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7th Grade
08/18/2012
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Superstition:
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An irrational belief.
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Palpable:
 Definition
Able to be felt; intense.
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Yacht:
 Definition
A sailboat that often has living quarters on deck.
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Jaguar:
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A large cat with black spots inside black rings on a tan coat.
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Lore:
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Knowledge from experience or handed down verbally.
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Taint:
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To pollute or contaminate.
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Tangible:
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Able to be touched.
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Indolently:
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Lazily and slowly.
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Brier:
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A prickly plant, here referring to the dried leaves Rainsford smokes in his pipe.
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Sensuous:
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Enjoyably sensed or experienced.
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Mystified:
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Confused or puzzled.
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Receding:
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To move farther away.
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Doggedly:
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Determined to continue despite difficulty.
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Extremity:
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The highest degree or greatest intensity of something.
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Vitality:
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Liveliness or energy.
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Staccato:
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Rapid, short, and detached sounds.
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Opaqueness:
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Material through which light cannot pass.
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Perils:
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Dangers.
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Vigor:
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Energy.
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Snarled:
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Tangled and knotted.
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Lacerated:
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Torn or cut jaggedly.
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Cartridge:
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The casing of a bullet.
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Palatial Chateau:
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A palace-like castle.
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Mirage:
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Something that appears to be real but is only imagined.
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Leering:
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An pleasant facial expression
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Disarming:
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Friendly.
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