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Let Me Hear You Whisper/The Devil and Daniel Webster
Vocabulary Words for Both Stories
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Literature
8th Grade
04/21/2010
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Electrodes
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connecting devices through which electric current flows
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oscilloscope
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screen displaying and electrical wave
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natatorium
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indoor swimming pool
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officiously
 Definition
in a bossy and interfering way
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formaldehyde
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liquid used to kill germs and preserve laboratory specimens
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paraphernalia
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equipment
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macabre
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gruesome; horrible
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phantasmagorically
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in a rapidly changing, dreamlike way
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nuance
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shade of meaning
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denunciations
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harsh criticisms
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patriarchs
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founders of the ancient Hebrew families
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vouch
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give a guarantee
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adduce
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give as evidence
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loyalist
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American who supported Britain
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reviling
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speaking abusively; call names
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