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Mr. Boyd's 8.6
Rincon
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8th Grade
04/29/2009
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anecdote
 Definition
brief, often humorous, story
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blithe
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light-hearted
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elegies
 Definition
poems of grief
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exult
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feel extreme happiness
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keel
 Definition
mid-line supporting frame of a ship
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mead
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meadow
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rack
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navigational route
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trills
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notes alternating rapidly upward and downward
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cremated
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burned, in a funerary sense
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derelict
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an empty vessel
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errand
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a job or responsibility
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hearkened
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listened carefully to
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loathed
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disliked strongly
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moil
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work; labor
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purge
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cleanse; to remove impurities from
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trice
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an instant
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aghast
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filled with fear
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alders
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trees with toothed leaves
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belfry
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bell tower
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grenadiers
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specialists; soldiers
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impetuous
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rash; over hasty
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moorings
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ropes and restraints used to secure a ship at port
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muster
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gather together
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spectral
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ghostly
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