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Short Story Vocab 1/11/12
Vocab for the stories Winter Dreams, The Leader of the People, A Worn Path, and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
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Literature
10th Grade
01/11/2012
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Elation
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Celebration
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Perturbation
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feeling of alarm or agitation
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Malicious
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intentionally hurtful
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Reserve
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self restraint
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Petulance
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irritability; impatience
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Mirth
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joyfulness
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Divergence
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variance;difference
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Turbulence
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wild disorder
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Ludicrous
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laughable; absurd
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Plaintive
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expressing sadness
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Arrogant
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proud and overly confident
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Immune
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protected
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Cleft
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opening or crack in something
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Contemptuously
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scornfully
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Judiciously
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wisely, like a judge
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Rancor
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anger
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Convened
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assembled
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Listlessly
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wearily; without energy or interest in anything
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Retract
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take back; draw back
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Disconsolately
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unhappily
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Persistent
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continuing
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Illumined
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lighted up
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Intent
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purposeful
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Appointed
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assigned
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Solemn
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serious
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Rakishly
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in a casual; stylish manner
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Distraught
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troubled
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Haggard
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wasted or worn in appearance
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Craven
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very fearful; cowardly
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Insolent
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boldly disrespectfully
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Bickering
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quarreling over something unimportant
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Pandemonium
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wild confusion
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Bedlam
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place or condition of great noise or confusion
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Rending
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violent ripping apart
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Inscrutable
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mysterious
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