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vocab 1
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11th Grade
03/18/2010
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unraveling
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coming apart
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pugnacious
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bold, fond of fighting
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dilated
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larger, wider
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mulatto
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at one time, black and white
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lacerating
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mangling, wounding
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reproof
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blame
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desecrating
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destroying the purity of
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conjectures
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guesses
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mien
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bearing or way of acting and looking
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bellowed
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shouted loudly
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incredulous
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doubting, skeptical
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boisterously
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exuberant, noisily
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cowed
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frightened
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temerity
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reckless boldness
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dolefully
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sadly or drearily
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fractious
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unruly
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discomfiture
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uneasiness
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prostrating
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bowing submissively
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commiserated
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sympathized with
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relentlessly
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unyeildingly
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ostentatiously
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in a manner meant to be noticed
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insinuations
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hints
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rollicking
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carefree
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usurper
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one who seizes power with out right
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temporized
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negotiated acted evasively to gain time
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abyss
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lowest depth
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excruciating
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intensely painful
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conundrum
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something puzzling, a mystery
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peripatetic
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traveling from place to place(working along the way)
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anguine
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cheerfully optimistic
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