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The Miracle Worker
Vocabulary List 1
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English
9th Grade
04/21/2012

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appraisal
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a judging of quality or worth
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benign
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good-natured; kindly
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combative
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marked by eagerness to fight or contend
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compel
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to drive or urge forcefully or irresistibly
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constitution
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an established law or custom: ORDINANCE
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contemplate
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1. to think about intently; to consider
2. to have in mind as a possibility or plan
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deprived
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marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or of healthful environmental influences
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disinter
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remove from a grave
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feigned
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to make a false show of; to pretend; to simulate
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impudence
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shamelessly bold or disrespectful behavior
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inarticulate
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not capable of being understood
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indolent
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lazy; idle
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morosely
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having a sullen and gloomy disposition
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oblivious
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lacking remembrance, memory, or mindful attention
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restraint
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an act of restraining : the state of being restrained
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resurrection
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a rising from the dead; a coming back to life
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unkempt
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deficient in order or neatness
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vigil
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a purposeful watch, usually during the hours of sleep
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vitality
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the peculiarity distinguishing the living from the nonliving
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vivacious
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very lively
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sotto voce
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Italian for “in a low voice”
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oculist
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eye doctor
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desiccated
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dried up
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spinster
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a woman whose occupation is to spin
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asperity
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sharpness of temper
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