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Unit 1 Who WIll I Become
Vocabulary for 'Dreams' 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty' 'October Sky'
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9th Grade
10/26/2013

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Achievement
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accomplishing something rewarding
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affliction
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a state of pain, sickness, distress, or grief; misery:
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astonished
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to fill with sudden and overpowering surprise or wonder; amaze:
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confounded
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bewildered; confused; perplexed
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craven
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cowardly
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dialect
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a regional variety of a language differing from the standard language
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Discrimination
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the ability to understand that one thing is different from another thing
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Elaborate
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made or done with great care or with much detail
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Frustration
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a feeling of anger or annoyance caused by being unable to do something
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Gamut
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a range or series of related things
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Haggard
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worn in appearance
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Humility
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the quality or state of not thinking you are better than other people
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Impulsive
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done suddenly and without planning
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Insolent
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boldly disrespectful
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Integrity
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the quality of being honest and fair
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intimidation
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to force into or deter from some action by inducing fear:
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Intuition
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a feeling that something might happen
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jaunting
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to make a short journey
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pandemonium
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wild disorder
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pessimist
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a person a tending to expect the worst possible outcome
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Procrastination
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to delay doing something until a later because you do not want to do it
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Rational
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having the ability to reason or think about things clearly
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Realization
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the act of achieving something that was planned or hoped for
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recession
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a period of an economic contraction
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retaliation
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to do something bad to someone who has hurt you or treated you badly
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salutatorian
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the student usually having the second highest rank in a graduating class
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satellite
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a manufactured object or vehicle intended to orbit the earth
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Security
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the state of being protected or safe from harm
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Sputnik
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a series of satellites launched by the Soviet Union beginning in 1957
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Surreptitiously
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done, made, or acquired in secret
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Valedictorian
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the student usually having the highest rank in a graduating class
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Vision
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something that you imagine: a picture that you see in your mind
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