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Ethan Frome Vocab
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21
English
9th Grade
12/17/2007

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Capitulating
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Verb.  Surrender; cease to resist an opponent
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Colloquial
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Adj. Not formal; used in ordinary or familiar conversation
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Disdain
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Noun The feeling that someone is unworthy of one’s respect; contempt
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Feign
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Verb To fake or give a false impression
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Impudent
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Adj. Not showing due respect to another person
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Arch
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Adj. Marked by a deliberate and often forced irony, brashness; or impudence
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Indentured
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Verb To bind (someone) by a contract as an apprentice or laborer
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Innocuous
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Adj. Not harmful or offensive
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Insatiable
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Adj. Impossible to satisfy
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Insurmountable
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Adj. Too great to be overcome
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Mien
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Noun A person’s look/manner
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Irresolute
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Adj. Uncertain
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Oblique
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Adj. Not straight forward
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Opulent
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Adj. Ostentatiously (really) rich and lavish
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Perceptible
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Adj. Able to be noticed or seen
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Provocation
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Noun Action or speech that makes someone annoyed/angry
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Rapt
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Adj. Completely fascinated by what one is seeing or hearing
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Sardonic
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Adj. Grimly mocking; cynical
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Scintillating
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Verb Sparkling
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Taciturn
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Adj. Saying little; reserved or uncommunicative in speech
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Implored
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Verb Beg someone desperately to do something
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