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Vocabulary: The Prophet's Hair
Vocabulary words from the story "The Prophet's Hair"
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English
10th Grade
02/08/2010
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Corrugated
 Definition
Ribbed; Wavy
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Insalubrious
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Unhealthy
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Cicatrice
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Scar
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Moored
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Docked
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Shikara
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Boat
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Ululating
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Whaling
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Gully
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A channel or ditch cut in earth by running water
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equanimity
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mental calmness; composure
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lamentation
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passionate expression of grief or sorrow
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Terse
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abrupt
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paraffin
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a flamable, whitish, translucent, waxy solid used as fuel
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excursion
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short journey or trip
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incipient
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in an initial stage; beginning to happen
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motif
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seeing something repeated in as story
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magic realism
(exact definition)
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sharply etched realism with fantastic and dreamlike elements
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