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Silas Marner Vocabulary Quiz 1
Vocabulary words from Silas Marner lessons 1 - 5
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9th Grade
11/10/2014
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resolute
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determined; unwavering
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irascibility
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easily angered; characterized by anger
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prevariction
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evasion of truth; a lie
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superfluous
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beyond what is sufficient
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wry
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dryly humorous
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duplicity
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deliberate deceit; double-dealing
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prosaic
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lacking in imagination or spirit; dull
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impenetrable
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impossible to understand; incomprehensible
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untrammeled
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not limited; unrestrained
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vacillation
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indecisiveness
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contemptuous
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scornful
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capacious
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spacious or roomy
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protuberant
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swelling outward; bulging
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profusion
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unrestrained expense; extravagance
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implacable
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impossible to placate or appease
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benignity
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quality of being kind and gentle
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candor
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frankness; openness; impartiality
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transient
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remaining in a place only a brief time
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unctuous
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insincere earnestness
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collateral
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side by side; parallel; serving to support
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