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LOTF Vocab
Chapters 2 & 3
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English
9th Grade
02/14/2013

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Scornfully
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(adv.) in a taunting, teasing or sarcastic way
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Officious
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(adj.) Assertive in authority in a annoying way
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Tumult
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(n.) a loud, confused noise, especially one caused by a large group of people
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Irresistible
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(adj.) too attractive and tempting to be resisted
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Nimble
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(adj.) quick and light in movement
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Festoon
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(v.) decorate with strings of flowers
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Warp
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(v.) to become bent or twisted
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Tendril
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(n.) a slender threadlike appendage of a plant, often growing in a spiral
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Oppressive
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(adj.) unjustly putting hardship and constraint on a minority group
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Inscrutable
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(adj.) impossible to understand or interpret
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Bewilder
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(v.) to cause confusion
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Flaunt
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(v.) to put on a show; to put on display
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Furtive
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(adj.) secretive
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Astonished
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(v.) startled or greatly impressed
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Baffled
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(v. often used as adj.) confused
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