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Lord of the Flies Words
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10th Grade
01/09/2012
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apprehension
 Definition
dread, arrest, ability to understand, idea
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acclaim
 Definition
to praise somebody highly, pronounce something, or shout enthusiastically
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askew
 Definition
off center, crooked
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aloft
 Definition
high up or in ship's rigging
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assented
 Definition
agreed in advance
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abyss
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chasm, endless space, or terrible situation
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antagonism
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hostility, opposition
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attain
 Definition
to accomplish something, reach
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appalled
 Definition
shocked by something dreadful
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amplified
 Definition
made louder, increased
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apex
 Definition
highest or most successful point, tip of something
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astir
 Definition
up and about, moving
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alighted
 Definition
landed, found by chance, full of energy, or on fire
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abominable
 Definition
loathsome, extremely unpleasant
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assimilating
 Definition
integrating or absorbing information
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accord
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to agree or cause or agreement and harmony
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acrid
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unpleasantly pungent, bitter
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antiphonal
 Definition
music sung in parts or response
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bastion
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strong supporter, fortification, or projecting part
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blotted
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stained or blemished
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borne
 Definition
past participle of bear
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batty
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slightly eccentric
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blatant
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offensively conspicuous, intentionally offensive, or noisy
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blundered
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made a serious mistake, moved clumsily, acted confused
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beckoned
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gestured, attracted, or tempted
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baffled
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puzzled, frustrated, or controlled
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bouts
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attacks of illness, short periods of activity, or fights
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brine
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sea water
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brute
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somebody brutal, animal, purely physical, barbaric
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brandished
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waved something about
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brooding
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ominous, deep thought
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bravado
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boldness
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brassy
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flashy and vulgar, overbearing
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buffet
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rock, pound
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befouled
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made dirty
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bleak
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discouraging, cold/cloudy
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billow
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to swell with air, to move in curling mass
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barmy
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crazy or foolish
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bristled
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have or set hair on end or to become offended or to have abundance of
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boughs
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large branches
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balked
 Definition
turned away reluctantly, refused to deal with, foiled somebody
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brambles
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blackberry bush
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clambering
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awkward climbing
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communion
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intimacy, connection
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caressed
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touched affectionately
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crimson
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deep red color
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cindery
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burned wood of fuel, ashes
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contemptuously
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showing dislike
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capering
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prancing happily
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castanet
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rhythm instrument held in hand
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contraption
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device or machine
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compulsion
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force
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crooning
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gentle singing
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chastisement
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punishment
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compelled
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forced
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charitable
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sympathetic
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convulsion
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violent movement or extreme change that causes problems
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condemnation
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make somebody experience, legal sentence
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coaxed
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persuaded gently
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constrainedly
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not natural or by surprise
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chasms
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gaps or breaks, wide differences
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coverts
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secrets
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ceaseless
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unending
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crestfallen
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downcast
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charred
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blackened by burning
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catastrophe
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disaster
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cynicism
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belief that people are selfish, pessimism
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creased
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wrinkled, uneven
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cuffing
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fold or hit
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corpulent
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obsese
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cascading
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succeeding
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conviction
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firmly held belief
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composite
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compound
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compact
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packed tightly, concise
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cessation
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stop
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cordon
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fruit tree or barrier
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crepitating
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crackle
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cellophane
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wrapping material
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disentangled
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straightening out of confusion
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defiles
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to corrupt
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droning
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to make low continuous noise
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declivities
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something sloping
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detritus
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debris, rock
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dismal
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depressing, hopeless
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derisive
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mockingly scornful
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decorum
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dignity
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discursive
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rambling, unfocused
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diffidently
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lacking self confidence
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dun
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brownish gray or gloomy
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demure
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looking shy or modest
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demented
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frantic uncontrolled
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demoniac
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evil or wicked
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derision
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mocking scorn
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diminishing
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to make or become smaller
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dredged
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dig up
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detaining
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delaying progress
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disposed
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inclined to
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delirious
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irrational through illness, excited
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detaching
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separate
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diddle
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to manipulate or cheat
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eddlorescence
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flourishing and unfolding or culmination
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effulgence
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brightness
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embossed
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raised pattern
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exasperation
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worsen or make angry
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errant
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behaving badly
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ebullience
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livelihood
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effigy
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representing something disliked
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emphatic
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with emphasis or definite
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embroiled
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involved
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embers
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burning fragment
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exulting
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be triumphant
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epaulettes
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decoration on shoulder of garment
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fledged
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to become capable of flight
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furtive
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secretive, sleathy
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flailed
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thrash around
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feeble
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weak
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fervor
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intense emotion
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flitted
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moved from place to place; briefly present
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gesticulated
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make gestures
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gyration
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circular movement
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grotesque
 Definition
distorted, blending reality and fantasy
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goaded
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to cause somebody to act
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inimical
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not favorable
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incredulous
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showing disbelief
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leviathan
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monster
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menace
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threat
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myriad
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many
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myopia
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nearsightedness
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oblong
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four-sided
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officious
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intrusive, bossy
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obscure
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difficult to understand
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obscene
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indecent
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pliant
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workable flexible
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preposterous
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outrageous
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protrude
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stick out
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phosphorescence
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continued emission of light or heat
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strident
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loud harsh-sounding
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susurration
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murmur
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tirade
 Definition
long angry speech
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tendril
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delicate twist, thin plant part attached to support
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tremulously
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not steady
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truculently
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aggressively defiant
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ululation
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howl
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ungainly
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awkward, clumsy
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unheeded
 Definition
not listened to
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vicissitudes
 Definition
variability
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