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Vocabulary for Outcasts of Poker Flat
15 vocab words from this short story
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10th Grade
12/08/2010
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expatriated
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to become exiled; to be banished from one's country or homeland
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coquetry
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flirtation
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gulch
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a self indulgent person
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remonstrance
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protest
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impropriety
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the quality or condition of being improper; incorrectness
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anathema
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a person or thing that is detested or loathed
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prescience
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foresight
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jocular
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in a joking manner
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maudlin
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tearfully or weakly emotional; foolishly sentimental
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recumbent
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lying down, reclining
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pariah
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an outcast
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extemporize
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to sing, or play on an instrument, composing the music as one proceeds; improvise.
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vociferation
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noisy outcry; clamor.
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vituperative
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abusive language or venomous censure
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querulous
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full of complaints; complaining.
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