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Turn of the Screw Vocab
Vocabulary from Henry James' Turn of the Screw
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10th Grade
11/19/2012
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adjured
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commanded, directed
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apparition
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a ghostly figure
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belowstairs
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among the servants; below the status of owners, guests or governesses
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candlestuck
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set a candle into a candlestick
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diffusion
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a scattering or spreading of something
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disburdened
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released form a burden
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dissipate
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to vanish
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incur
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to invite; bring upon oneself
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inference
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an idea or conclusion that is developed on the basis of other information
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propound
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to bring up an idea in conversation
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raison de plus
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[FRENCH] "all the more reason"
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rendering
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a verbal or artistic representation
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retinence
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unwillingness to ask
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scruples
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morals; concerns
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solicitor
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a lawyer
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succumbed
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gave in
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trepidation
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fear, reluctance
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vicarage
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a house provided for a minister
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visitation
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a sighting of or by a being or spirit
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allusions
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references or hints
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brooded
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worried
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commodious
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roomy
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contrive
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to arrange or plan
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diversion
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a distraction
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fly
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a light, horse-drawn carriage
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fortitude
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strength
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imputed
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attributed a quality to another person
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inordinately
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excessively
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liberality
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generosity
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machicolated
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containing narrow windows or openings
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placid
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calm, peacful
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prodigious
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great in size or force
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rooks
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birds similar to crows
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scant
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slight, small
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atonement
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an apology, pentinence
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attenuated
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minimized
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brevity
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shortness, briefness
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forbore
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refrained; held back
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missive
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a letter
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rendered
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caused or made
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ardently
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passionately
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bridled
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grew indignant
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compass
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to arrange, bring about
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crenelated
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containing battlements
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interdict
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to prohibit
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precipitately
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suddenly; quickly
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stupefaction
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amazement, astonishment
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blanched
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lost colour from the face, paled
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certitude
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a conviction, certainty
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indiscretion
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an act that is not polite or acceptable
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infinitesimal
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miniscule, tiny
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vindictive
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spiteful, mailcious
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valet
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male attendant
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consternation
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confusion
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expiatory
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making ammends or overcoming guilt on behalf of another
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importunate
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nagging or annoyingly persistent
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impugning
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questioning or challenging
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laudable
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praiseworthy
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inquest
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an investigation
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perturbation
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a disturbance
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portentous
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worrisome, threatening
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prostrate
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exhausted, in submission
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public house
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a pub, tavern
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scullions
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servants, such as kitchen help or gardeners
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suffused
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saturated, permeated
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superseded
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succeeded; surpassed
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abasement
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humiliation; degredation
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depraved
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immoral, corrupt
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evocation
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the act of conjuring up or bringing forth
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hitherto
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until the present
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impudent
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out of line; above one's station
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lamentation
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cries of pity and sorrow
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prodigious
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extraordinary
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wan
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pale
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