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Ethan Frome Vocab
vocab terms taken from the short novel "Ethan Frome"
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English
12th Grade
02/02/2010

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Affable
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Showing warmth and friendliness
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Beleaguer
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to surround or beset, as with troubles
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Capitulate
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to give up resistance
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Declivity
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a downward slope, as of ground
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Derision
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an object of ridicule, mockery
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Discursive
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passing aimlessly from 1 subject to another
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Effrontery
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shameless or impudent boldness
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Felicitous
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having a special ability for suitable manner or expression
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Mottled
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spotted or blotched in coloring
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Perfunctory
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performed merely as a routine duty; lacking interest, care
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Reticence
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disposed to be silent or not to speak freely
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Taciturn
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inclined to silence; reserved in speech
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