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Vocab for The Life You Save May Be Your Own
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English
10th Grade
09/21/2013

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Amble
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VERB to go at a slow, easy pace; stroll; saunter
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Afflicted
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VERB to distress with mental or bodily pain; trouble greatly
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Irked
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VERB to irritate, annoy, or exasperate
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Ominous
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ADJECTIVE predicting evil or harm; foreboding; threatening
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Desolate
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ADJECTIVE deprived or destitute of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited
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Sullen
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ADJECTIVE showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve
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Ravenous
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ADJECTIVE extremely hungry; famished; voracious
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Tinker
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VERB to repair in an unskillful, clumsy, or makeshift way
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Morose
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ADJECTIVE characterized by or expressing gloom
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Placid
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ADJECTIVE pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed
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Sultry
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ADJECTIVE oppressively hot; emitting great heat
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Oppressed
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VERB to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power
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Rued
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VERB to feel sorrow over; repent of; regret bitterly
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Guffawing
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NOUN a loud, unrestrained burst of laughter
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Peal
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NOUN any loud, sustained sound or series of sounds, as of cannon, thunder, applause, or laughter
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