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Lovely Bones Vocab. 1
Lovely Bones Vcab. 1
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English
9th Grade
09/05/2012

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Contempt
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an act showing such disrespect.
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Merely
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only as specified and nothing more.
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Indignity
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an injury to a person's dignity; slighting or contemptuous treatment; humiliating affront, insult, or injury.
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Naive
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having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.
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Revert
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to return to a former habit, practice, belief, condition, etc.
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Perpetual
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continuing or enduring forever; everlasting.
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Reverie
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a daydream
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Meticulous
Definition
taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough:
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Futile
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Incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not successful
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Pungent
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sharply affecting the organs of taste or smell, as if by a penetrating power; biting; acrid.
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Discreet
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Careful and circumspect in one's speech or actions, esp. to avoid causing offense or to gain an advantage.
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Audacity
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Rude or disrespectful behavior; impudence.
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Diligent
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Having or showing care and conscientiousness in one's work or duties.
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Petulant
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Childishly sulky or bad-tempered.
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Fastidious
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Very concerned about matters of cleanliness.
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Suburban
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Contemptibly dull and ordinary.
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Incredulous
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Unwilling or unable to believe something: "an incredulous gasp".
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Inevitable
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Certain to happen; unavoidable.
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