Lord Of The Flies Vocab

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Vocab Term - list 1

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Definition:

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Sentence:

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Scavenge

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To clean refuse(waste) from; to remove unwanted substance from.

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Ralph scavenged the pig for the wanted meat and get rid of the unneeded waste.

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Immure

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To lock up or confine

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In response to Jack's revolt, the group Immure him to a tree.

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Gesticulate

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To show, express, or direct through movement

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Piggy gesticulated from the logs to under the tree shade to put them there for sitting.

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Uncommunicative

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Not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions

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Piggy asking Ralph why he told everyone to call him "Piggy" he went to be uncommunicative about it.

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Efflorescence

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The time and process of building and unfolding of blossoms

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it took a while for the efflorescence of the flowers to begin.

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Crumple

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To gather something into small wrinkles and folds

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The paper got crumpled from being stepped on numerous time.

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Swathe

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To wrap in swaddling clothes

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I swathed the baby to comfort and relax him.

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Irrelevance

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lack of relation of something to the matter

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As i was talking to Ralph about how we should get food; he interrupts me with the irrelevant and says, "I want a nap."

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Immure

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To cause to be thrown into

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As i was walking a kid fell into me and causing me to immure into the water.

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Submerge

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To put under water

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I submerged myself, to see if I can spot a fish or two.

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List II

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Defintion

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Sentence

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Whittle

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To cut small bites or pare shavings from

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Jack had stopped whittling

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Underlay

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To place something under or beneath something else

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There by another of those pieces of pink squareness that underlay the structure of the island

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Discursive

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tending to cover a wide range of subjects

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the assembly shread away and became a discursive and random scatter from the palms to the water and away along the beach, beyond nightlight

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Hiatus

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an interuption in the intensity or amount of something

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there came pause, a hiatus, the pig continued to scream and the erupted to jerk and the blade continued to flush at the end of the bony arm

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tensely

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in a stressed matter

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the assembly sensing a crisis was tensely expected

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snivel

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cry or whine with snuffling

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the little kid sniveled after tripping

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crass

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lacking sensitivity, refinement, or intelligence

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crass was worn away in front of each trunk but grew tall and untrodden in the center of the triangle

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emboss

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to carve, mold, or stamp on a surface so that it stands out in relief

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the shell embossed into the sand for sitting so long

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dangle

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to hang freely

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the vines dangled after kids grabbing them as they walked by

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impalpable

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not visible to touch

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i can sense something there moving, but it is impalpable in the dark

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List II

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definition

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sentence

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Ludicrous

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Laughably and obvious absurd; foolish

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Piggy, for all his Ludicrous body, had brains

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Ineffected

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Insufficient to produce a result; useless

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Piggy tiptoed to the triangle, his ineffectual protest made, and joined the others

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Jeer

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to abuse vocally

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a sound, half-laugh, half-jeer, rose among the seated boys

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Inarticulate

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incomprehensible, unable to speak clearly

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Simon became inarticulate in his effort to express mankinds essential illness

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Leviathan

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something very large

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then the sleeping leviathan breathed out

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Clamor

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a loud outcry

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between the flashes of lightning the air was dark and terrible

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Mutinously

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unruly

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mutinously the boy fell silent

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crestfallen

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dispirited and depressed

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I don't remember this cliff. jack said crestfallen

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Impervious

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incapable of being penetrated or affected

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so they sat, the rocking tapping impervious to roger and ralph

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Interprise

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an undertaking or business organization

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the darkness and desperate enterprise gave the night a kind a dentists chair unreality

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List IV vocab

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definition

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sentence

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Egregious

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Extremely bad

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Children are extremely egregious when they don't get their way.

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Odious

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Instilling hatred or intense displeasure

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People become Odious, when they are reminded of a bad experience.

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Prosaic

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Plain, lacking liveness

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During tests, everywhere you look, it seems prosaic.

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Vex

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confuse or annoy

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People become vex, when you have to repeat themselves numerous times.

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Capricious

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Subject to whim, fickle

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You usually don't get much done when you are Capricious about everything.

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Assidious

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Hard-working, diligent

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people who love their jobs, seem to be very Assidious

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Feral

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wild, savage

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Kids on sugar, are very feral, before they crash.

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Decrie

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criticize openly

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When people don't care what others think about them, they decrie about anything

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bursh

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to polish, shine

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people bursh shoes when they get dirty

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Zephyr

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gentle breeze

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on a hot day, a zephyr is nice when it comes

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Cerebral

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of or relating to the brain

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getting hit in the head will hurt your cerebral

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Susceptible

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yielding readily to or capable of

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when you are a diabetic, you are susceptible to seizures and comas.

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Impediment

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something immaterial that interferes with or progress

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puppy's are very impediment to you when you're trying to work.

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Woe

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Misery resulting from afflication

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You feel woe when someone that bad happens.

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Whimper

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cry weakly or softly

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dogs whimper when their ears are grabbed on hard.

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Perseverance

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persistent determination

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Hard working people usually have perseverance.

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Persistant

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never-ceasing

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moms are very persistent to get details how of their kids.

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Ambidextrous

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equally skillful in both hands

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If you can use both your hands for the same tasks, you are ambidextrous.

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Decrepit

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worn and broken down from hard use

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couches get decrepit after a few years of being sat, laid, and jumped on.

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Half-Breed

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offensive term to someone that parents are different race.

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That dog is half-breed of lab and retriever

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Vow

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promise

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married couples make a vow at their wedding

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stroll

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leisurely walking

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people who don't care tend to stroll about a lot

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bureau

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administrative unit of government

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the F.B.I. is the Federal BUREAU of Investigation

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Impending

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to lose in time

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I didn't want to go to class, due to the impending scramble I'll do in my presentation

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Rummage

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search haphazardly

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I rummage in my trunk when I recently lose something, due to that's where I put everything

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Petrify

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change into stone

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dinosaur excrement petrified to this day and period

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Articulate

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characterized by clear expressive language

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People who speak with their hands while they talk must think they are articuate

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Tautology

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statement of necessary true

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guides make sure they are tautology, so they don't give false information

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Illiterate

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not able to read or write

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babies are illiterate

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dilate

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to become wider

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doctors dilate your eyes when giving an eye exam

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redundancy

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repetition of an act needlessly

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checking on your food every 20 seconds is really redundant

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secede

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withdraw from an organization or polity

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the south tried to secede from the united states in the mid 1800s

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monotonous

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unvarying pitch

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my dad is very monotonous when he talks

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subtle

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difficult to detect by the mind

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mothers somehow pick up on subtle hints their kids give them

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earnest

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showing sincere and intense conviction

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he had a very earnest apology

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taut

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pulled tight

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the cord became taut when the lamp fell of the table

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retroactive

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affecting things past

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stuff became retroactive when things went away