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chapter 62 Flashcards

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necronomicon

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he Necronomicon is a fictional grimoire (textbook of magic) appearing in the stories by horror writer H. P. Lovecraft and his followers. It was first mentioned in Lovecraft’s 1924 short story “The Hound”,[1] written in 1922, though its purported author, the “Mad Arab” Abdul Alhazred, had been quoted a year earlier in Lovecraft’s “The Nameless City”.[2] Among other things, the work contains an account of the Old Ones, their history, and the means for summoning them.

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outlay

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out·lay
ˈoutlā/
noun
noun: outlay; plural noun: outlays
an amount of money spent on something.
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Turns out all that _____ about the happy leaf affecting your spermatozoa is all a big myth

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bunk

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I stare at Uncle Doug. My eyes _____ their sockets. ARe you serious?

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strain

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Cathy calls after us and slams the door. Obviously she lacks our _____________

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inquisitive natures

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Cathy ______ to her side of the room and yanks open her closet.

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stalks over

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Summer vactation’s only a few weeks away. Don’t you __________________________ think it might be _______________ to start talking potential goals

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doinklettes; prudent

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Should we end this episode with the scene where Rogart gets his arm scratched by one of the humanzees\/ Or when the zombie horde is trying to ________________ the house

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bust into

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mascot

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mas·cot
ˈmasˌkät,ˈmasˌkət/
noun
noun: mascot; plural noun: mascots
a person or thing that is supposed to bring good luck or that is used to symbolize a particular event or organization.
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monstrosity

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mon·stros·i·ty
mänˈsträsədē/
noun
noun: monstrosity; plural noun: monstrosities
1.
something, especially a building, that is very large and is considered unsightly.
“the shopping center, a multistory monstrosity of raw concrete”
synonyms:
eyesore, blot on the landscape, excrescence, horror
“a concrete monstrosity”

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Why do you think/ Uncle Doug opens his door and climbs down. He gestures at the ______________ like a gameshow hostess.

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camper

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carted off

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take away by the means of a vehicle

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The three of us __________ the hallway

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head out into

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in a headlock

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head·lock
ˈhedˌläk/
noun
noun: headlock; plural noun: headlocks
1. 
a method of restraining someone by holding an arm firmly around their head, especially as a hold in wrestling.
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Matt walks over and __________ the console between me and Coop, his knees straddling the ________

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perches on; stick shift

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camper

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camp·er
ˈkampər/
noun
noun: camper; plural noun: campers
1.
a person who spends a vacation in a tent or camp.
2.
a large motor vehicle with facilities for sleeping and cooking while camping.
synonyms:
recreational vehicle, RV, motor home; More

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batting around

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To exchange and contemplate ideas or suggestions. We did bat around other ideas, but that’s the slogan we liked the best.

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And only our _________________ was terrifying. WEll before he was ___________________________ by the cops

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publicity stunt; carted of

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Gracie has just started responding to the sound of my voice. Smiling and ______ when I make silly noises or when I quote her lines from Zonke

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cooing

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I whip around to see CAthy, ______ in her Wal-Mart uniform, stepping up into the RV

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decked out

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busting guts

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Explode with strong feeling, especially laughter or anger. For example, Gene almost bust a gut laughing, or The foreman will burst a gut when he learns that the machine isn’t repaired.

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Of course this doesn’ excuse you from hour ______________ duties, Seanie. I’m still expecting payback for my ________ of cash, m yfriend

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carpet-mascot; outlay

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make 3 sentences for swinging (3 for each meaning)

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make sentences with swinging

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There isn’t going to be any arm wrestling. This puppy is mine. I take a seat at the steering wheel and pretend \i’m driving. I am ______________

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staking my claim

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Uncle Doug takes a generous drag on his joing. I suppose you’ll have to ___________ your sister _____.

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arm wrestle for it

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An person with half a brain knows they should pay their rent before paying their __________________. Otherwise you might come home one day to find you and all your shit evicted

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creditors

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raunchy

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earthly sexually explicit; vulgar

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SEan-o your opinion on this, please, Coop says, ______________________ my laptop, Buttons curled up on his lap.

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hunkered over

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grisly

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gris·ly
ˈɡrizlē/
adjective
adjective: grisly; comparative adjective: grislier; superlative adjective: grisliest
causing horror or disgust.
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Matt waves his hand in front of his nose. Coop dude that was _______. WAy to bring out the big guns

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grisly

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Definitely. It’s funnier. Best to leave them laughing so they’ll want to come back next week.
____________, Matt says, gesturing with my replica Gladius from the beanbag chair on the floor.

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I will second that

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straddle

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strad·dle
ˈstradl/
verb
gerund or present participle: straddling
sit or stand with one leg on either side of.
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AFter all the goals do seem to be getting ____________ and _________________ with each passing year.

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raunchier

34
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So what’s the one thing everyone should experience at least once in their lives?
I _______ Coop warily, expecting his filthy dirst worst.

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eye

35
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It sounds again. A ______ fog horn that’s annoyed _____________________

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whiny; blow

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He lunges for me and grabs me ______________, giving me a skull-brusing _______

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in a headlock; noogie

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rock and roll

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rock and roll
music
A music representing a lifestyle of doing what you want and living your life the way you wish to. Freedom of speech and expression.
Guitar’s, drums, and amps playing tunes to make people feel good. “It’s my life and I’ll live it my way. I’ll listen to Rock and Roll, you listen to what you want.”

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And since ti seems to be so popular, Nessa and me have even been _________ for a spin-off, featuring \Nashira and Rogart and their adorable but genetically altered baby, Lazarus

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batting around for

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I eye Coop warily expecting his filthy _________

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dirty worst

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Thank Sally Gregg. God only knows what they put into those bars and shakes, but Helen has _____ me ______ consuming them for a twenty-four-hour period before I see her

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banned from

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doobie

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A “doobie” is a slang term used for a marijuana cigarette. The word is derived from the latin term dubiety which could mean 1 : giving rise to uncertainty: questionable or suspect as to true nature or quality.

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I stare at Uncle Doug. ARe you serious?
As syphilis, friend. He grins.
________, Coop says. YOur own place, dawg. HOw dope is that

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scrore

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swinging

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swing·ing
ˈswiNGiNG/
adjectiveinformal
adjective: swinging
(of a person, place, or way of life) lively, exciting, and fashionable.
"a swinging resort"
sexually liberated or promiscuous.
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pony up

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pony up
Meaning: to put (something) up, often money. Pony, derived from pone, Lat. (present imperative, sing.) Poneo, ponere, “to put” Hence, to pony up is frequently used in monetary settings and games of chance where the demand is made to “pony up”, or stake a monetary sum.

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And how many films–scary or otherwise–can claim hey ________________________

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put a pregnant woman into labor?

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Coop dude that was grisly way to bring out the ____________

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big guns

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eating our weight in Funnyuns

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eat up his weight in groceries
From the 1971 song “Amos Moses”, a phrase referring to a person that gorges on food. It literally means that one can eat the equivalent of their weight in food, and unless the person exercises vigorously, the chances are high that they’re huge.
(There) lived a man named Doc Milsap and his pretty wife Hanna, (and) they raised up a son who could eat up his weight in groceries! Named him after a man of the cloth, Called him Amos Moses!” -Jerry Reed, “Amos Moses

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Yeah, and you’re supposed to _____________ twenty-five bucks a month in rent. WE agreed on that too, remember?

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pony up

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snag

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to obtain or catch something by acting quickly:

I hoped to snag a good job.

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rock-and-roll

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rock and roll
ˈˌräk ən ˈrōl/
noun
noun: rock and roll; noun: rock ‘n’ roll; modifier noun: rock-and-roll; noun: rockand roll; noun: rock’n’ roll
a type of popular dance music originating in the 1950s, characterized by a heavy beat and simple melodies. Rock and roll was an amalgam of black rhythm and blues and white country music, usually based on a twelve-bar structure and an instrumentation of guitar, bass, and drums.

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noogie

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noog·ie
ˈno͝oɡē/
nounNorth Americaninformal
noun: noogie; plural noun: noogies
a hard poke or grind with the knuckles, especially on a person's head.
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I am just about to respond when here’s a loud _____ – like a giant wheezing clown’s horn–coming from outsidee

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elongated braying blare

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Coop leans back and places his feet up on the ______

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dahs

54
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Speaking of summer Coop says leaping over and _________ the passenger seat beside me

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snagging

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Still the joys of having an adorable little sister far ________ the pains of having a cranky nine-minutes-older one

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outweigh

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rv is a

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recreational vehicle

57
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What does he want us to do now–combine all our recent schemes into some sort of homemade, cell-phone-shot porno, staged in my _______________________ new ___________ Magic Bus?

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swinging rock-and-roll

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It’s been almost a moth since Gracie was born.

Amost a month since our film totally ______ at TerrorFest.

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tanked

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bunk

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bunk
Bogus. Not genuine. Counterfeit. A total sham. Illegitimate. Nonsense.
Don’t listen to her man, that’s bunk.
#bogus#counterfeit#sham#lame#nonsense

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