9/19 Vocab Flashcards

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Agitated

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Emotionally excited or annoyed

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Animosity

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Feeling of strong hatred or dislike

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Demeanor

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Outward behavior; facial expressions and body language.

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Deprivation

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The condition of living without the things one needs.

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Devoid

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Completely without.

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Disjunction

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A dividing or disjoining; separation.

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Grotesque

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Odd, twisted, or bizarre.

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Intrigue

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To stir up interest or curiosity

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Trepidation

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Fearful uncertainty or worry

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Vulnerability

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The state of being easily hurt, either emotionally or physically.

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Crouched

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To stoop or bend low

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Elevated

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To be raised up

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13
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Degenerative

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Causing things-a situation or a disease-to get worse

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Amplified

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Increased in intensity or sound

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Ricochet

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To rebound (as an object off a flat surface)

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Inert

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Incapable of moving or changing

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Consciousness

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Awareness

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Gaunt

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Thin and angular, often as the result of suffering

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Theme

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The main idea of the story; the idea the author wants his/her reader to understand

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Flashback

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A literary device by which an author goes back to a scene that happened before the beginning of the work.