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English
6th Grade
05/16/2009

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protrude
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to stick out or to cause to stick out
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meticulous
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extremely careful attending to details
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lethargic
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lazy dull sleepy
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prevail
Definition
to win triumph or suceed
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malevolent
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having showing or arising from ill will spite or hatred
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dialect
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a regional variety of language
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reluctant
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feeling or showing hesitation or unwillingness
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disgruntled
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to put in bad humor
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dubious
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doubtful promise or outcome questionable
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stricken
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afflicted by or as if by disease misfortune or sorrow
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collateral
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property used in stocks as the repayment of a loan
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deteriorate
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to make or become worse in quality or condition
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monotonous
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uttered or sounded in one unvarrying tone
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falter
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to move unsteadily totter
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affermation
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something affirmed a possitive assertion
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oblivious
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lacking memory or mindful attention
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crucial
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important or essential as resolving a crisis
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depict
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to represent by a picture
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loitering
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to delay an activity with idle stops
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intriguing
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engaging the interest to a marked degree
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audible
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capable of being heard
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eviction
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to put out a person from property
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conspiracy
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to conspire or plot
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jovial
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marked by good humor
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gleaned
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to gather grain left by reaper
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indignant
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filled with or marked by indignation
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resign
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to give up delibrately
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disfigured
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to spoil the appearance of
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ponder
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to weigh in the mind
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obnoxious
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disgustantly objectional
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folk tales
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feature heroes adventure magic and romance.they often entertain by teaching a lesson
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myths
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tells stories of gods and godesses.mar explain something in nature and teach a lesson
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oral tradition
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the passing of songs stories and poems from generation to generation by word of mouth
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mood
Definition
feeling it creates in the reader
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tone
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the author's attitude toward his or her subject
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stated theme
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the message of the story is directly stated
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implied theme
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the message of the story is suggested
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the ant and the dove
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russian
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he lion bruh bear and bruh rabbit
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African american
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senor cayote and the tricked trickster
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mexican
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why monkeys live in trees
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african
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the three wishes
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puerto rican
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the crippled boy
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viatnamese
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arachne
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greek myth
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exasperated
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to excite the anger of
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obliged
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full of appreciation
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reverberated
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to resound in or as if in a series of echoes
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incredulous
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unwilling to admit or accept what is true
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simpered
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to smile in a silly manner
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insolently
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contemptuos rude disrestectly or bold in behavior or language
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insolently
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contemptuos rude disrestectly or bold in behavior or language
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sinister
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singularly evil or vproductive of evil
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incumbent
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imposed as a duty
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dwindle
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to make or become steadily less
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didain
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a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior
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