Chocolate War Vocabulary

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Stammer

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to speack with involuntary breaks and pauses, or with spasmodic repetitions of syllables or sounds

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elude

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to avoid or escape by speed; cleverness, trickery, etc; evade

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exult

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to show or feel a lively or triumphant joy

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ceaselessly

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endless, continuous, constant, unceasing

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siphon

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to convey, draw, or pass through

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wistful

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characterized by melancholy; longing, yearning

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ebb

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a point of decline; a flowing backward or away

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bellow

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to emit a hollow, loud, animal cry, as a bull or cow; to roar

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brandish

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to shake or wave, as a weapon; flourish

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humdrum

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lacking variety; boring; dull

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concede

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to acknowledge as true, just, or proper; admit

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stooge

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any underling, assistant, or accomplice

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edifice

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a building, esp. one of large size or imposing appearance; any large, complex system or organization

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bedlam

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a scene or state of wild uproar and confusion

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shiveling

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to weep or cry with sniffling

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tumultuous

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raising a great clatter and commotion; disorderly or noisy; highly agitated, as the mind or emotions; distraught; turbulent

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bliss

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supreme happiness; utter joy or contentment; heaven; paradise

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askew

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to one side; out of line; in a crooked position; awry

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adulation

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excessive flattery or admiration

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cunning

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skill employed in a shrewd or sly manner, as in deceiving; craftiness; quite

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benevolently

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characterized by or expressing good will or kindly feelings

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exasperated

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greatly annoyed; out of patience

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feebly

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physically weak, as from age or sickness; frail

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compassion

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a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for an other who is striken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering

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subtle

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thin, tenuous, or rarefied, as a fluid or an odor; delicate

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surreptitiously

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obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized

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perusals

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reading carefully with intent to remember

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squander

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to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully; to scatter

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idly

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not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing

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languid

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lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow; lacking in spirit or interest; listless; indifferent

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Deftly

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quick and skillful; clever

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contemptuous

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expressing extreme contempt

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ingratiating

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charming; agreeable; pleasing

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henpecked

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harassed by persistent nagging

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revenue

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the income of a government from taxation, excise duties customs, or other sources, appropriated to the payment of the public expenses

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incapacitated

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unable to act, respond

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feign

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to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of

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audacity

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boldness or daring, esp. with confident or arrogant disregard for personal safety, conventional thought, or other restrictions

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commiseration

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to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for (to sympathize); pity

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to lumber

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moving clumsily; moving heavily

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corrupt

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Guilty of dishonest practices; infected; tainted; lacking integrity

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apathy

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Absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement; lack of interest or concern for feelings that others find moving or exciting

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insolent

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Boldly rude or disrespectful; insulting

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IS LAURA AWESOME?

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YES!

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IS LAURA AWESOME??

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YES!!