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frankenstein
vocabulary chapters 17-19
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10th Grade
10/30/2008

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wanton
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N. immoral or unchaste, lewd
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haggard
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Adj. appearing worn and exhausted, emaciated, gaunt
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exordium
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N. a beginning or introductory part, especially of a speech or treaty
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candour
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N. frankness of expression, sincerity, straight-forwardness
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impend
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V. to be about to take place, to hang or hover menacingly
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acquiesced
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V. to agree to something passively
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sedulous
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Adj. diligent, industrious
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listless
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Adj. weary and uninterested
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indolent
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N. disinclined to work, habitually lazy
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cataract
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N. waterfall, flood
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squalidness
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N. dirtiness
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penury
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N. extreme poverty
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