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Short Story Vocab
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Literature
8th Grade
01/26/2011
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Dank
 Definition
Damp, soggy
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tangible
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Capable of being touched
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Indolent
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Lazy

 
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Amenity
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Luxury
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Precarious
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Dangerous
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Debacle
 Definition
sudden overthrow
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Repast
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Fancy meal
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Ennui
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Boredom
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Scruples
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Sense of right or wrong
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Quarry
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Prey, victem
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Traverse
 Definition
To go across, to travel
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Deference
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Respect
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Ardent
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Enthusiastic
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Ludicrous
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Ridiculous, absurd, crazy
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Imperious
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Urgent, important
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Oscillate
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Swinging back and forth
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Gesticulate
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Gesture
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Apocalypse
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End of the world, final battle
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Foeman
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Enemy
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Deference
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Respect
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Aerial
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Of the air, in the sky
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Leonine
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Lion-like
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Sentinal
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Guard
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Perilous
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Dangerous
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Equestrian
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Horseman, having to do with a horse
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Amontillado
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Sherry wine
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Retribution
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Repayment, Retaliation
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Mason
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Bricklayer, Member of the Freemasons
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Trowel
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A tool used by a bricklayer
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Connoisseur
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Expert
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Catacomb
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Underground burial place
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Motly
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Costume of a jester, showing diversity, many colors
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Impunity
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Free from punishment
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Nitre
 Definition
Hardened white potassium nitrate
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Lure
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Tempt, Decoy
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Cask
 Definition
Small barrel
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Azure
 Definition
shade of blue
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Acute
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Heightened, sharp, keen
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Dissmulation
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Fake, False
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Vexed
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Distressed, agitated, annoyed
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Profound
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Having intellectual depth and insight (insightful, wise)
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Sagacity
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Keen understanding
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Stifled
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Muffled, smothered, silenced
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Vehemently
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Extremely/emotional, forcefully, energetically
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Derision
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Scornful or contemptious ridicule
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Tatoo
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Sound, rapid tapping/beating
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Triffles
 Definition
To talk in a jesting or mocking manner, trivial
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