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Heart of Darkness 50
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12th Grade
02/09/2006

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luminous
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emitting light, enlightened and intelligent
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estuary
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the part of the wide lower course of a river where the current is met by the tides.
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janice
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johnson's best friend in the whole wide world that shes stuck with until the end of time
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ascetic
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a person who renounces material comfort and leads a life
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pacifcally
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tending to diminish or put an end to conflict
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diaphanous
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of such fine texture
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august
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inspiring awe or admiration; majestic
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sedentary
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characterized by or requiring much sitting
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tentative
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not fully worked out, uncertain, hesitant
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sepulchre
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sacred relics, receptable
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placidly
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undisturbed by tumult or disorder, calm quiet
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joviality
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marked by hearty convivialty and good cheer
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enigma
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one that is puzzling, ambiguos or inexplicable
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lugubrious
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mournful, dismal, gloomy
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declivity
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a downward slope, as of a hill
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tumult
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the din commotion of a crowd. anger, disbelief.
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verandah
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a porch of balcony extending outside of a buildling
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superciliousness
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feeling or showing haughty disdain. false front, arrogant. fakity fake fake.
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indefatigafle
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incapable or seemingly incapable of being fatagued.
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conflagration
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a large destructive fire. janice's ass.
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Servile
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Abjectly submissive; slavish.
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audacity
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Fearless daring; intrepidity
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herald
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A person who carries or proclaims important news; a messenger.
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intrepid
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fearless
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reverberating
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To resound in a succession of echoes; reecho
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circumvent
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To surround (an enemy, for example); enclose or entrap.
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farcical
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Ridiculously clumsy; absurd.
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inexplicable
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Difficult or impossible to explain or account for.
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Perdition
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loss of soul, eternal damnation
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transversed
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overturned
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evanescent
Definition
vanishing like vapor
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disparagingly
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To speak of in a slighting or disrespectful way
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pulsating
Definition
vibrate
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innate
Definition
possessed at birth
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peroration
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to conclude a speech. to speak a great length
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altruistic
Definition
unselfish concern for the welfare of others.
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benevolence
Definition
a kindly act
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brusque
Definition
abrupt and curt in a manner.
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apparition
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a ghostly figure, a sudden or unusual sight.
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voracious
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consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food. see janice for synonums
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perceptible
Definition
Capable of being perceived by the senses or the mind
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fecund
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capable of producing offspring or vegetation, marked by intellectual productivity.
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precarious
Definition
dangerously lacking in security.
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exultation
Definition
the act of rejoicing greatly
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inexorable
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not capable of being persuaded by entreaty.
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obsequiously
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Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning
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noxious
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harmful to living things, harmful to the mind.
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tepid
Definition
Moderately warm; lukewarm.
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sarcophagus
Definition
stone coffin, often inscribed or decorated with sculpture.
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guileless
Definition
Free of guile; artless
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