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Master Puppeteer Vocabulary
All the vocab on the vocab sheet Ms Brannen gave us. Study for comps!
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7th Grade
01/26/2011

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affront
Definition
to meet defiantly, confront
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alms
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money or goods given as charity to the poor
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ambition
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an eager or strong desire to achieve something
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anxious
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uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event
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armature
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the rotating part of a dynamo, consisting of copper wire around an iron core
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bantering
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speaking in a playful or teasing way
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bloated
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much bigger than desired
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boisterously
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roughly and stormily, violently
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cacophony
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jarring, discordant sound, dissonance
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capricious
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characterized by or liable to sudden unpredictable changes in attitude
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cringed
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shrinked back; as in fear; cowered
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cutthroat
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cruel, murderous
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deign
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to think it fit or worthy of oneself
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delicately
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esquisitely fine or dainty
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demote
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to reduce in grade rank or status
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derisively
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mockingly, jeeringly
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dutiful
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careful to fulfill obligations
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entrails
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the internal organs, especially the intestines
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fuming
Definition
emitting vapor, gas, or smoke
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impulsively
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inclined to act on impulse rather than thought
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indulging
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to yield to the desires and whims of, especially to an excessive degree
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inconspicuous
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not easily noticed or seen
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incurably
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incapable of being altered, as in disposition or habits
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lament
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to express grief for or about something
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lavishly
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with extravagance and profusion
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loiter
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to stand idly about, linger aimlessly
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magnanimous
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courageously noble in mind and heart
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notoriety
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the quality or condition of being infamous
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noxious
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harmful to living things
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obliged
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indebted because of a favor done
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ominous
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menacing; threatening
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perpetual
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lasting forever or for an indefinitely long time
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plaintively
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in a sorrowful or mournful manner
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pomposity
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the quality of being grand, conceited
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preoccupied
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concerned with something else; distracted
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pursed
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pressed ones lips together and in
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renegade
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an outlaw or rebel
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salvaged
Definition
put to use discarded goods
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sedately
Definition
calmly, without excessive emotion
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seductively
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attractively, temptingly
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sparse
Definition
having widely spaced intervals
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sprawling
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spreading out in a disorderly fashion
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tantalizing
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teasing tempting but beyond reach
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tedious
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tiresome by reason of length, slowness, or dullness
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tyrannize
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to treat tyrannically, cruely, harshly
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