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Short Story Unit Vocabulary
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9th Grade
01/22/2012
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Palpable
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Easily felt or touched
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Indolently
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Lazily
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Disarming
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Removing or lessening suspicions or fears
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Amenities
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Comforts and conveniences
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Imprudent
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Unwise
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Scruples
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Feelings of doubt or guilt about a suggested actions
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Solicitously
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In a concerned manner
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Opiate
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Anything that tends to sooth or calm someone (Medicines with opium/pain-killers)
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Deplorable
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Regrettable
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Precariously
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Unsteadily, in an unstable manner
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Annihilate
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Destroy, wipe out
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Expendable
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Worth sacrificing to gain an objective
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Teeming
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Overflowing
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Paradox
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Something that has or seems to have contradictory qualities
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Revoke
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Cancel, withdraw
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Subliminal
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Below levels of consciousness
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Vigilance
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That sate of careful watching to detect danger
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Symmetry
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Balanced arrangements
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Consternation
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Fear; bewilderment
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Hindrances
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Obstacles
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Cowered
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Drew back in fear/helplessness
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Synchronizing
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Causing to occur at the same rate or time
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Acquiesced
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Accepted, complied with
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Disputed
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Argued
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Exasperation
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Annoyed
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Condolences
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Sympathy
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Reconciliation
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The reestablishing or relations
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Disposition
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Personality or temperament
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Placid
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Calm; untroubled
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Apprehensive
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Fearful
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Garish
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Too bright (Flashy)
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Recounted
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Described in detail; narrated
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Sullen
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Gloomy
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Furtively
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Stealthily; as if to avoid being seen or heard
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Imperative
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Extremely important; urgent
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Fretful
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Irritable and discontented
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Deft
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Skillful in a quick, sure and easy way
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Impunity
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Freedom from getting caught
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Impose
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To take advantage of
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Endeavored
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To exert oneself to do or effect something; make an effort; strive
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Obstinate
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Firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose
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