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Honors English-- Second Test
Second test of Joy Luck Club words
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English
10th Grade
04/19/2007

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retort
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to reply to usually in a sharp or retaliatory way
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morbid
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suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme
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chagrined
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a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation
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chasm
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a marked interruption of continuity; gap
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tentatively
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unsure; uncertain; not definite or positive
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prodigy
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a person; a child or young person, having extraordinary talent or ability
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discordant
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being at variance; disgreeing; incongruous
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envisioned
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to picture in the mind; imagine
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bewitched
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to captivate completely,; entrance
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nonchalantly
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coolly unconcerned, indifferent
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vehemence
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vigorous impetuosity; fury
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sham
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something that is not what it purports to be; fraud or hoax
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chockablock
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extremely full; crowded; jammed
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obstinate
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firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion etc.
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pristine
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having it's original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied
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