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ROT 2-4
vocab words from chapters 2-4
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6th Grade
02/22/2013

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formidable
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arousing feelings of awe or admiration because of strength; powerful , causing fear or dread
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scoff
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to mock or jeer
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sinewy
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tough, firm, resilient
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adamantly
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forcefully; unyielding; stubbornly
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coddle
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to treat tenderly; pamper
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ajar
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open
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conspiratorly
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acting at an evil, treacherous; or secret plan
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coddle
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pamper
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disgruntled
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put in a bad mood; bad-humored
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engrossed
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to occupy the mind or attention completley
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emit
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to release; set forth
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flippant
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disrespectful; shallow; or lacking in seriousness
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glower
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to stare with sullen dislike, anger
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haggard
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having wasted or exhausted appearance
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oblivious
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unknowing, unaware
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precarious
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dangerously insecure
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relent
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to become weaker,less
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resilient
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springing back, rebounding recovering readily from illness depression or misfortune
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scoff
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to mock or jeer
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sinewy
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tough, firm, resilient
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adamantly
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forcefully; unyielding
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stealithy
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done in secret
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transfixed
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to make motionless with amazement awev or terror to impale
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veer
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to chnage direction to turn about or aside
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chide
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to speak dissaprovingly to scold
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discourse
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a verbal interchange of ideas
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discreet
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having or showing good judgement in conduct or especially in speech
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emphatic
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uttered with emphasis, stressed
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fathom
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to measure or probe to penetrate and come to understand
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feigned
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pretended or fake falsified
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haughtily
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done with proud disdain
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jarred
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vibrated, shaken, jolted
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listlessly
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done with no energy or willingness
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patronize
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to be a customer of
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ransack
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to search through or steal things of value
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riveted
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to hold something in place, to attract
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vex
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to annoy with little irretations to bring trouble or distress
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wizened
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dry shruken or wriklened
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woefully
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full of deep suffereing from misfortune sorrow or misery
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