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english midterms
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English
9th Grade
12/17/2012

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foreshadowing
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clues to what will happen later in the story
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setting
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when and where
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suspense
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anxious, uncertain about future
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Climax
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highest point of story
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Plot
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story line
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protagonist
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good guy
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antagonist
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bad guy
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round character
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real life, many traits good and bad
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flat character
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few traits, can be described in one or 2 words
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Static Character
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does not change throughout the story
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Dynamic Character
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Changes throughout the story
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Direct Characterization
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process which personality of character is revealed by use of adjectives and phrases
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Indirect Chatracterization
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process which personality of character is revealed through characters speech, actions, appearance....
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character foil
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comparison/contrast with another character
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bewail
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to express deep regret or sorrow over
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destitute
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lacking
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detract
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to take away from
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emancipate
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to set free from slavery, to liberate
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extol
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to praise highly
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flamboyant
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excsessively showy
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impetus
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a driving force
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insuperable
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incapable of being overcome or defeated
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intermittent
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happening at intervals
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maxim
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a short saying
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obligatory
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required or demanded
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plumb
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to measure depth of water, to reach deepest part or to solve
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vagabond
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a person who wanders place to place
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visage
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a face, especially one that espresses feelings
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wheedle
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to coax by using sly persuasion or insincere praise
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alacrity
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promptnesss in responding
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array
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a large arrangement
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deduce
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to draw a conclusion from given facts
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encumber
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to weigh down or burden
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fraught
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full of or accomponied by
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haphazard
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marked by lack of plan, order or direction
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incontrivertable
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unquestionable, impossible to dispute
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inexplicable
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hard to explain or hard to understand
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ingenious
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marked by cleverness, imagination or resourcefulness
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laggard
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a straggler, one who falls behind
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sustenance
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something that proviedes nourishment
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torrid
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intensly hot and dry
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traverse
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to pass over, accross or through
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ubiquitous
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appearing to be present in large numbers or many differrent places
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zenith
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the highest point, the peak
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allude
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to refer to in an indirect way
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consecrate
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to set apart as holy
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disseminate
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to scatter or spread widely
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dote
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to show excessive fondness for
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exhort
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to urge strongly, to warn
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feckless
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careless or irresponsible
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implicate
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to show to be involved in something
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lament
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to feel or express grief
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monetary
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related to currency
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pensive
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deep in thought
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pomp
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a showy or dignified display
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stilted
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artificially stiff or formal in manner
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subjugate
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to bring under control, to conquer
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trauma
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a sever bodily injury or emotional shock
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wanton
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ignoring whats right, excessive or unrestrained
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adage
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a proverb
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camaraderie
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good will and warm feelings among friends
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contend
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to struggle with
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extraneous
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not necessary
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hubbub
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noisy confusion, uproar
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meander
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follow a winding course
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odoriferous
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having or giving off a smell
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paraphernalia
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personal belongings
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punctillious
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careful of and attentive to details
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recuperate
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to gain back strength or health
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regale
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to entertain or delight
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sedentary
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doing or requiring alot of sitting
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spartan
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marked by simplicity and lack of luxury
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temporal
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relating to the everyday worldas opposed to that which is spiritual or enternal
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wry
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turned or bent ot one side in distaste or humor
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callow
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inmature, young and inexperienced
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contemorary
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a person living in the same time period as another
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cynical
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doubtful, skeptical
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despot
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a ruler with absolute power or tyrannical control over a group of people
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enunciate
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to pronounce clearly
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impediment
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an obstacle
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impoverish
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to make poor
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indolent
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lazy, indulging in ease
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sagaciuos
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wise
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secular
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worldy, not connected with a church or religion
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speculate
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to think about or make guesses
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strife
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conflict or struggle
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venerate
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to show great respect for
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voracious
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ravenous, desiring alot of food
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wane
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to get smaller dimmer or weaker towards the end
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apropros
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suitable, fitting the occassion
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ascendancy
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domination, controlling influence
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assess
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to analyze and determine nature value and importance of
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aver
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to declare positively, to state as truth
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concede
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to admit true, often relunctantly
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deficient
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lacking
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dogma
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an unproven principle held to be true
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embody
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to put an idea into a form that can be seen
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impart
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to make known, disclose
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oratory
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the art of public speaking
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propagate
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to reproduce
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proponent
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someone who proposes or supports an idea
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rudimentary
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not yet fully developed, elementary
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sojourn
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visit or temporary stay
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vociferous
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making ones feelings known in a loud way
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amorous
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expressing love or the state of being in love
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belittle
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to present or speak ofas unimportant or little value
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censure
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to blame or find fault with
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deem
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to consider, to believe
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divulge
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to reveal, to make a secret known
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exorbitant
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exceeding more than normal bounds, greater or more than seems reasonable`
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expostulate
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to argue earnestly in attempt to dissuade or show strong dissapproval
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fateful
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having great or significant consequences
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ingrate
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an ungrateful person
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injunction
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an order or command
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moribund
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close to death, in a dying state
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motif
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a theme or idea in a work of art or literature that has been repeated or developed
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subsidize
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to support by giving finacial aid
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sumptous
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luxurious
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voluable
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talkative
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adroit
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clever at dealing with difficult situations, skillful
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affront
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to insult or offend dilibrately
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avocation
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a hobby
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crusade
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a prolonged impassioned strugle for what is believed a just cause
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definitive
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supplying a final awnser, conclusive
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demanor
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behavior
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erudite
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learned, having or demonstarting extensive knowledge
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induct
Definition
install in office, sometimes with formal ceremony
or admit into milartary or society
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lapse
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to fall or slip from a certain level of accomplishment
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militant
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ready to fightespecially for a cause
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paraih
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a social outcast
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prodigy
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a person who shows remarkable talent at a young age
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protege
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one whose training or career is helped along by another
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raucous
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rough and unpleasant to the ear
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tactit
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expressed without words, implied
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Theme of most dangerous game
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survival
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theme of harrison Bergeron
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be yourself
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theme of a sound of thunder
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once history changes, you cant go back and fix it
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theme of being prey
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survival
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theme of thank you maam
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kindness
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theme of the interlopers
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grudges arnt worth holding
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theme of the wife's story
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love
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theme of the cask of amontillado
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revenge is bad
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