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The Arkadians--vocabulary
Chapter 1
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Language - English
6th Grade
12/02/2011

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Term
oblige; custom obliged him p.3

Alt. use: "I am much obliged"
Definition
required

a formal way to say thank you
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to have a hard head; to be hard-headed p. 3
Definition
to be stubborn
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a state of affairs p.4
" a shocking state of affairs" or
"a sorry state of affairs"
Definition
a situation or a realty
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a figment p.4
a figment of your imagintion
Definition
a thing believed to be real, but exists only in our imagination
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to grasp;
incapable of grasing p. 4
Definition
to understand or comprehend
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unerring p. 4
Definition
always right
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to venerate p. 4
Definition
to worship or honor
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portents p. 5

portents in stars
Definition
a sign or warning that something momentous (important) or calamitous (terrible) is likely to happen
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absurd p. 4
Definition
makes no sense
ridiculous;
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imprudent p. 5
Definition
unwise, foolish
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rub someone the wrong way p. 5
Definition
to irritate someone, to annoy someone
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to decline p. 5
to decine the honor
What honor is the author talking about?
Definition
to refuse
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seldom p. 5
Definition
not very often
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scornful p. 6
Definition
full of contempt or disdain, [to look down on someone]
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to beckon p. 8
Definition
to call
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to clench p. 8
Definition
to hold tightly (jaw, fist, teeth)
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moldering p. 9
Definition
slowly decaying (falling apart)
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to glimpse p. 9
Definition
to see (quickly, for a short bit)
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to shrivel p. 11
Definition
to wrinkel and contract ( get smaller) due to lackb o moisture
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in vain p. 11
Definition
hopeless, with no effect
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to plunge p. 11

He plunged headlong up the steps.
Definition
to move suddenly and uncontrollably
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headlong p. 11
Definition
in a rush
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to vent p. 11
Definition
to express, to let out
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wrath p. 11
Definition
anger
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pernicious p. 12
Definition
having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual way
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to vanish p. 12
Definition
to disappear
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