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Last of the Mohicans
Vocabulary words - chapter 5
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8th Grade
09/14/2012
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ambushment
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persons in hiding to make a surprise attack
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deluded
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deceived; misled
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propriety
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quality of being proper; conformity with accepted standards of conduct
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soliloquy
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a speech to one's self
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devolve
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to pass on responsibilities to
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impended
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to menace; to hover dangerously or threateningly
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starry zenith
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the point of the heaven directly above a person
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imbibed
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drank in
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disconsolate
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not to be comforted; cheerless
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vortex
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whirlpool
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cataract
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large waterfall
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birchen
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of a birch tree
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venison
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meat of deer
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impenetrable
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cannot be pierced; hence a darkness so dense it can neither be seen through nor pierced by light
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precipitate
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to hurl downward
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garrisoned
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the state of being placed in a fortification for its defense
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scrimmage
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a rough-and-tumble fight
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foreordained
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predestined, predetermined
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rationality
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power of reasoning
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