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PIGS vocabulary
vocabulary from the novel A Day No Pigs Would Die
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English
7th Grade
05/07/2012

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making a shrill cry or noise
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squealing
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something that is done; an act
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deed
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excited to anger
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provoked
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the study of something for information
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pursuit
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something that promotes well-being; advantage
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benefit
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something that can develop or become actual
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potential
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to remove by pulling up by the roots
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uproot
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something serving as a signal or suggestion
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cue
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stopped short and refused to go
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balked
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something that corrects an evil, rights a wrong, or makes up for a loss
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remedy
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poking or stirring as with a pointed instrument
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prodding
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in a tangled situation
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snarled
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to cause worry or to upset
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distress
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to violate or ruin the sanctity of
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desecrate
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a small, roughly built shelter or building
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shanty
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marked by success or economic well-being
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prosperous
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marked by physical strength or vigor
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sturdy
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full of, expressing, or producing laughter
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mirthful
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under obligation for a favor or a gift
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beholding
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a stressful experience
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tribulation
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materially strong, solid, or substantial
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stout
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to create or bring about as if by magic
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conjure
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to enter unlawfully on the land of another
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trespass
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abundant, plentiful, ample
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generous
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suffering ill health
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ailing
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