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Surviving The Applewhites
Vocan List #2
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English
7th Grade
03/04/2010

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Pungent
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Strong smelling or strong tasting
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Infernal
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Extremely annoying or unpleasent
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Quest
Definition
A journey or search for something
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Intensify
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To become, or make something become greater ot stronger
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Scarlet
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Bright red color
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Temperament
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A dominant quality that characterizes somebody; for example, moodiness, irratibility, or sensitivity
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Compulsive
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Driven by an irresistible inner force to do something
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Desecration
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To damage something sacred, or do something tthat is offensive to the nature of something
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Indeterminate
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Unavoidable; impossible to prevent from happening; something that is certain to happen
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Guru
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A spiritual or intellectual guide, somebody who has a reputation as an expert
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Sentimental
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Experiencing or expressing tender, often romantic or mixed feelings of happiness or sadness from the past
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Futile
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In vain, having no practical effect or usual result
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Chrysalis
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The hard cocoon that protects a butterfly or moth furing it change from larva to adult, anything in an early ir intermediate stage of development
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Metamorphis
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A complete or marked change in appearance, character, or condition
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Impervious
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Not responsive, unmoved, or unaffected by other people's opinions, arguments, or suggestions
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Travesty
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A false or distarted representation or version of something
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Innovative
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New and creative, especially in the way something is done
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Voluminous
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Large, having great size, capacity, or fullness
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Tunic
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A loose, wide-necked garment that extends to the hip or knee and is usually worn with a belt or gathered at the waist
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Relenquish
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To give up something, to surrender something or put aside
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Trivalty
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Unimportance; something that is considered to lack importance or seriousness
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Speculatively
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Forming conclusions not based on fact
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Adequate
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Sufficient in quality or quantity to meet a need or qualify for something
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Plume
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A rising column of something, such as smoke, dust, or water
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