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Fever Vocab
by Annie
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English
6th Grade
03/30/2007

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dilemma
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difficult choice in a tough situation
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prattled
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chatte or talk a lot about meaningless ideas
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din
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a jumble of loud sounds
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epidemic
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rapid spread or growth (often used to describe the spead of a disease)
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pestilence
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a usually deadly epidemic disease
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parched
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very dry;thirsty
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destitute
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without money or resources;unable to support one's self
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sprawling
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to cause, to spread out or fall in a disorderly fashion
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brandishing
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to wave menacingly
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exorbitant
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excessive
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Alliteration
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Repition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words that are close together in a poem; Little Lamb
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Couplet
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pair of lines that have matching rhyme and rhythm
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Free verse
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poem that does not follow a specific
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