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The Metamorphosis Vocab
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English
10th Grade
03/12/2009

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Plaintive
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(adj) Expressing sorrow, mournful, or melancholy.
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Prudent
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(adj) Wise in handling practical matters; exercising good judgment or common sense.
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Unobtrusive
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(adj) Not undesirably noticeable or blatant; inconspicuous.
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Entreaty
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(n) An earnest request or petition; a plea.
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Futile
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(adj) having no useful result; pointless.
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Metamorphosis
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(n)A transformation, as if by magic or sorcery.
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Monogram
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(n) A design composed of one or more letters, typically the initials of a name, used as a identifying mark.
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Wistful
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(adj) Full of wishful yearning.
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Admonish
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(v) To indicate duties or obligations to, to express warning or disapproval to especially in a gentle, or solicitous manner.
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Prerogative
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(n) An exclusive, or special right, power, or privilege as one belonging to an office or an official body.
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Glower
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(v) To look or stare with sullen annoyance.
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Tenuous
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(adj) Not dense, not thick. Having little substance or strength.
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Kafkaesque
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(adj) Of or relating to Franz Kafka. Having a nightmarish complex, bizarre, or illogical quality.
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Brusque
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(adj) Markedly short and abrupt.
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Fathom
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(n) A unit equal to 6 ft, used in measuring the depth of water.
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Fulminations
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(n) To utter or send out with condemnation.
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Harbinger
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(n) A person sent ahead to provide lodging.
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Ravenous
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(adj) Very eager or greedy for food, satisfaction, or gratification.
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Supine
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(adj) Lying on the back or with the face upward.
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