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Ambidextrous

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Able to use both hands

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Adulterate

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To make corrupt, to make less of

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Gape

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To stare with a open mouth

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Insidious

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Intended to deceive or entrap

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Opulent

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Lavish, wealthy

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Reiterate

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To repeat

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Stolid

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Not easily moved

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Tentative

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Experimental nature , caution

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Verbatim

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Word for word

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Deploy

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To position or arrange

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Dour

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Stern, gloomy

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Augment

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To make larger

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Adroit

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Skillful , expert use in hands

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Amicable

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Peaceable, friendly

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Benevolent

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Kind, charitable

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Extol

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To praise extravagantly

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Feasible

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Able to be done

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Grimace

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Wry face, facial distortion

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Holocaust

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A large scale destruction especially by fire

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Impetus

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Moving forward, stimulus

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meticulous

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Extremely careful bout details

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Quintessence

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The purest form of something

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Retrogress

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To move backwards, to return to earlier condition.

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Scrutinize

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To examine closely

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Adversary

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Opponent or enemy

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Alienate

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To turn away, to make hostile

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Urbane

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Fine manner

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Redress

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To set right, remedy

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Punitive,

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To make punishment

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Perpetrate

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To make permanent

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Negligible

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So unimportant , able to pass off

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Inclement

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Stormy or harsh in aditude

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Harass

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To disturb or worry

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Exhilarate

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To enliven, cheer

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Craven

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Cowardly

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Coerce

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To compel or force

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Affiliated

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Associated, connected

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Ascertain

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To find out

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Bequeath

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To give or pass on inheritance

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Disperse

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To scatter

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Expunge

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To delete , erase, destroy

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Invulnerable

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Not able to be hurt, wounded

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Malevolent

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Spiteful , showing ill will

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Nonchalant

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Cool , confident

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Omniscient

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All knowing

45
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Scrumpulous

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Exact, careful

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Skulk

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To move about sneaky

47
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Uncanny

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Strange , mysterious

48
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The contents of a dead mans pockets- jack finney

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third person limited

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The open window notes- saki-

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third person

50
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Like the sun - r.k Narayan-

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third person

51
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There will come soft rains - Ray -

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third person omniscient

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Antigone -

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third person

53
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What story is; Story character Tom benecke and Clare his wife
Where did Clare go- to the movies
Window was closed when he came back
First time he struck it with the heel of his hand
Second time he hit it with a coin
Third time hit it with his shoe
Fourth time he punched it with his fist and broke the window

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Contents of the dead mans pockets

54
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Mr. nettle came to the country to cure his nerves
His sister told him to
Niece - Vera told mr. Nettle a made up story about how the men went hunting a died and the window was left open so the when they come back as ghosts
Point of view - third person
Setting is in the country
The book is written by saki

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The open window

55
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One day he decided to tell the whole truth no matter what
Character is sekhar
First trial was his wife’s food, he told her he didn’t like it
Second was death
Third was his headmaster and reviewing his music
Test papers

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Like the sun

56
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Started August 4, 2026
McClellan family lived there
Sara Teasdale poem read
The house was destroyed by fire

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There will come soft rains

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