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Vocabulary Unit 1 & 2
"The Cask of Amontillado" and "The Most Dangerous Game" and "The Necklace" and "The Interlopers"
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English
9th Grade
09/10/2008

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Preclude
Definition
Prevent; make impossible in advance; to shut out, exclude
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Retribution
Definition
Payback; punishment for a misdeed
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Accost
Definition
To greet, especially in an aggressive way
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Afflict
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To distress with continued suffering or sickening
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Explicit
Definition
Clearly stated
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Recoil
Definition
To draw back; stagger back
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Termination
Definition
End
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Subside
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Settle down; become less active or intense
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Impunity
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Freedom from consequences
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Immolation
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Destruction
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Virtuoso
Definition
Skill in a particular field/technique
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Palpable
Definition
Able to be touched or felt (emotionally)
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Indolent
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Lazy, idle
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Bizarre
Definition
Odd in appearance
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Naive
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Unsophisticated
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Scruples
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Misgivings about something one feels is wrong
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Blandly
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In a mild and soothing manner
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Grotesque
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Having a strange, bizarre design
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Futile
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Hopeless
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Palatial
Definition
As luxurious as a palace; like a palace
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Precipitous
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Steep; sheer (as in a rock/cliff)
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Marauders
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Raiders; people who take goods by force
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Medley
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Mixture of things not usually found together
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Condolences
Definition
Expressions of sympathy with a grieving person's pain
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Languor
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Lack of vigor; weakness; weariness
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Succor
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Relief; aid; assistance
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Doleful
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Sad
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Declassee
Definition
Reduced or degraded from one's social status/class; one who has been reduced or degraded
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Rueful
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Feeling sorrow or regret
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Resplendent
Definition
Shining brightly
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Disheveled
Definition
Disarranged and untidy (temporarily)
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Profound
Definition
Deep, intense
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Dowry
Definition
Property/wealth that a women brought to her husband at marriage
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Dowdy
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Shabby (always)
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Dispossess
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To deprive (someone) of a possession, as of a house or land; eject
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Wretched
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Sunk in dejection; profoundly unhappy
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Innate
Definition
Native to or original with the individual; inborn; natural
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Redolent
Definition
Full of or diffusing a pleasant fragrance; odorous; often figuatively
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Resign
Definition
To give over (oneself, one's mind) as to fate or domination
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Inconspicuous
Definition
Attracting little attention; not readily noticeable; ordinary
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