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English Story - To Build a Fire
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10th Grade
11/21/2010

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Amber
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a translucent yellow or brownish-yellow fossil resin, used for making decorative objects, esp. jewelry; the color of amber; yellowish-brown
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Apathetic
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feeling or showing little or no emotion
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Appendage
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something that is added on / an attached part
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Apprehension
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fearful or uneasy anticipation of the future; dread / seizing or capturing; arrest
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Capsize
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to overturn
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Chidden
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scolded; reprimanded
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Conflagration
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a large and destructive fire
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Ebb
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to fall away; to decline
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Flotsam
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discarded odds and ends / wreckage from a sunken ship
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Folly
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an act or instance of foolishness / a lack of good sense, understanding, or foresight
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Gingerly
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with great care / cautiously
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Immortality
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the condition of not being subject to death; living forever
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Imperative
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obligatory; mandatory / subject to a command or order
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Imperceptible
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very slight, gradual or subtle / not affecting the senses
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Intangible
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incapable of being perceived by the senses
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Monotonous
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repetitiously dull or lacking in variety
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Pall
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covering that darkens or obscures / a gloomy effect or atmosphere
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Peremptory
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having the nature of a command / not allowing contradiction or refusal
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Principal
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first, highest, or most important; main
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Recoil
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to spring or jerk back / to shrink back in fear of repulsion
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Reitirate
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to say again; to repeat
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Shy
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to move suddenly, as if startled; to draw back cautiously or in fear
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Sidle
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to move sideways / to move along indirectly or secretively
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Singe
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to burn the surface of something
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Speculative
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characterized by meditation or deep thought about a topic
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Subdued
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quieted or brought under control / made less intense / conquered
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Undulation
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a rising and falling, wavelike movement
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Unwonted
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not habitual or ordinary; unusual
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Mincing
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affectedly refined or dainty
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Wistful
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full of melencholy, thoughtful yearning
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