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Illiterate
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Not able to read or write
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I couldn’t ask Gordy because then he’d know I was an illiterate Indian idiot.
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Dilate
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To make or become wider
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“Because your eyes dilated, your breathing rate increased a little bit, and you started to sweat.”
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Redundancy
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Repetition of an act needlessly
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“It’s a redundancy.”
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Secede
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Withdraw from an organization or polity
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One of those towns, called Poison, tried to secede (that means quit, I looked it up) from the rez.
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Monotonous
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Sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
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But he was so boring and monotonous that he was only teaching us how to sleep with our eyes open. |
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Mode
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A particular functioning condition or arrangement
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I’m in my Zen mode, trying to make this whole thing a spiritual experience.
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Subtle
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Difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
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I can pick up on subtle clues.
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Earnest
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Showing sincere and intense conviction.
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I wanted to make fun of her, but she was so earnest.
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Taut
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Pulled or drawn tight
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Her leg muscles were stretched and taut.
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Retroactive
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Affecting things past
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It’s so retroactive that it’s radioactive!
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