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Their Eyes Were Watching God
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25
English
10th Grade
04/14/2010
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decorum
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good manners; proper behavior
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earnestness
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strength of purpose or feeling
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ecstatic
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swept up in a state of sudden, intense feeling
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emerge
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to rise; to come into view
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desecrate
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to make dirty something that is holy
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elude
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to avoid; to slip away from
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flummox
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to bewilder; to confuse
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fractious
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unruly; quarrelsome
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futile
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ineffective; useless
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intimidate
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to fill with fear; to make timid
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lacerate
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to tear roughly; to slash; to cut
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languish
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to become weak; to droop; to fade
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malice
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a desire to inflict harm or suffering
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reproof
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reprimand; scolding
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submission
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giving in; surrender
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treacherous
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ready to betray trust; traitorous
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turbulent
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violent; raging; fierce
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ferocity
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savage fierceness
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pugnacious
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aggressive; defiant
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reconciled
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no longer opposed; resigned
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temerity
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boldness; insolence
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peevish
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cross; grumpy; grouchy
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oblivious
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unmindful; unaware
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fretful
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irritable; touchy; cranky
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persistent
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constance; unceasing
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