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Final Exam
Vocabulary
20
English
9th Grade
02/06/2013

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Liaison
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an illict love affair
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Melancholy
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sadness and depression of spirits.
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Debris
Definition
rubbish; trash
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Disdain
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regard as beneath ones dignity
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Predjudice
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intolerance for other races
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Benign
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good natured; kindly
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aloof
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at distant but in veiw
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archaic
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ancient; old fashioning
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diligent
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hard working; done carefully
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mortal
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able to die; human
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gape
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open mouth wide; yawn
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narrator
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person telling story
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allusion
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indirect or casual reference
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foreshadowing
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author telling clues about furture events
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scowl
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to look angry; sullen
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inquistion
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investigation
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tactiturn
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almost always silent; not liking to talk
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perpetual
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lasting forever; long period of time
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unfathomable
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hard to understand
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solance
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easing of grief; lonlieness
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