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innate
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Existing in one from birth, inborn
I was operating on the dim theory, aside from the innate attractiveness.... |
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to move to an object
Hint: gravity moves things together
Jem felt his age and gravitated to the adults... |
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motivated or characterized by an extreme, uncritical enthusiasm or dream.
Aunt alexandria was fanatical on my attire. |
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conduct of obedience
Aunt Alexandria vision of my deportment of my behavior... |
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to humiliate or shame
...It certainly does mortify the rest of the family.... |
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obstreperous
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resistant or resisting control
Sentence: ANd why do I not understand children, Miss jean Louise? Such conduct as yours required little understanding. It was obstreperous. |
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inconspicious
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not noticeable
...he would not remain as inconpicuous as he is now.... |
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contemporaries
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existing, occuring or living
He was much older than the parents of our school comtemoraries..... |
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the elements or first principles of a subject
Uncle Jack instructed us in the rudiments thereof. |
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in considerable danger
You're in considerable peril. |
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Erratically
POS: adjective |
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deviating from the usual or proper course.
He walked erratically down the street. |
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spoken clearly in nice clear syllables
Jem became vaguely articulate. |
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enraged; angry; frustrated
About a character in the book , Scout says Jem went livid. |
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offense; annoyance; displeasure
I took umbrage at Mrs. Dubose assessment of the family. |
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to decline in physical, mental or moral qualities.
.....our families moral degeneration, the major premise that half the finches were in the asylum.... |
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to move with a wavelike or sinuous motion.
From time to time she would open her mouth wildly, and I could see her tongue undulate faintly. |
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