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Snows of Kilimanjaro--#2
vocabulary from In Another Country, The Killers, and A Way You'll Never Be
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Language - English
10th Grade
03/09/2010
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Corrosive
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destructive
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Buffet
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to hit something repeatedly
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Discern
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to understand something (that is not immediately obvious)
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Extant
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existing
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Implicate
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to show someone to be involved (in a crime)
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Inter
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to bury somebody
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Martinet
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a rigid disciplinarian
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Obviate
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to make something unnecessary
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Reprehensible
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deserving rebuke
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Squalid
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neglected and dirty
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Turbulent
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moving violently
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Vociferous
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shouting noisily
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Voluminous
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large
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Animosity
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hostility
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Decrepit
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old and in poor condition
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Deride
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to ridicule
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Ingenuous
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innocent
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Multifarious
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diverse
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Omnivorous
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interested in a range of things
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Parsimonious
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frugal (not generous)
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Quandary
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dilemma
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Recalcitrant
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resisting authority
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Revel
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to take pleasure
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Stultify
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to dull somebody's interest
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