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Lesson 5 Vocab
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English
11th Grade
05/25/2013

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Altimeter
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an instrument which measures altitude
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Beriberi
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a disease caused by a lack of certain vitamins
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Bitumen
Definition
dark, black mixture such as coal, asphalt or tar
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Captious
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being quick to find fault; trying to entrap
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Chink
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a narrow crack
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Cloister
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to shut away from the world
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Dories
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flat-bottomed rowboats
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Effete
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worn out; exhausted
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Fjord
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a place along the coast where the sea goes in between cliffs, etc.
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Futility
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uselessness
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Gnash
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to grind or to strike
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Irony
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a literary term which means an inconsistency between expectation and outcome
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Phantom
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something you can sense that has no substantial existence
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