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"In Cold Blood" Vocabulary
We're reading, "In Cold Blood", in class, and this the vocabulary for that book.
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11th Grade
08/07/2012

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Gaunt
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excessively thin and angular
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Proprietress
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a woman who is a owner
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Beneficence
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the quality or state of doing or producing well
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Edifice
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Building; especially; a large or massive structure
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Myriad
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a great number
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Abstemious
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marked by restraint especially in the consumption of food or alcohol
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Despondent
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feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression
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Mesmeric
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fascinating, hypnotic
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Sanctuary
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a consecrated place or a place of protection
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Reticent
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inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech
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Ludicrous
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amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, exaggeration, or eccentricity
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Prim
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to give a prim, or demure, expression to
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Ineffable
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incapable of being expressed in words
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Protege
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one who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence
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Ethereal
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lacking material substance or marked by unusual delicacy or refinement
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Lilliputian
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of, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput; small, miniture, or petty
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Fastidious
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having high and often capricious standards; difficult to please
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Coterie
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an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose
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Quandary
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a state of perplexity or doubt
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Intoxicating
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to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished; to excite or elate to the point of enthusiasm or frenzy
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Credulous
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ready to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence
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Rumination
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to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly; to chew repeatedly for an extended period
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Agoraphobic
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abnormal fear of being helpless in an embarrassing or inescapable situation that is characterized especially by the avoidance of open or public places
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Expurgated
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to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous; espescially to expunge objectionable parts from before publication or presentation
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Scrutinize
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to examine closely and minutely
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Sundry
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miscellaneous, various
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Melange
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a mixture often of incongruous elements
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Pragmatic
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relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters; practical as opposed to idealistic
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Sartorial
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of or relating to a tailor or tailored clothes; broadly, relating to clothes
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Demeanor
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behavior toward others; outward manner
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Pedophilia
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sexual perversion in which children are the preferred sexual object
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Languid
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sluggish in character or disposition; listless
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Contrition
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the state of being contrite; repentance
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Septuagenarian
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a person whose age is in the seventies
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Repertoire
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the complete list or supply of skills, devices, or ingredients used in a perticular field, occupation, or practice
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Hiatus
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a gap
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Ostensible
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intended for display; open to view
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Unctuous
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revealing or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spitituality
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Anathema
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the denunciation of something as accursed; a vigorous denunciation
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Garrotes
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a method of execution by strangulation; the apparatus used
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