Part 2 A Rose For Emily Flashcards

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Lifting stubborn and ___ decay

Behaving to suggest playful sexual attraction

A

Coquettish

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Decorated with ___ and spires and scrolled balconies

small dome

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Cupola

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Spinning with slow ___ in the single Sun ray

Tiny piece of substance

A

Mote

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3
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That night sprinkled the ___

White caustic alkaline substance

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Lime

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We were not pleased exactly, but ___

Prove to be right; clear blame

A

Vindicated

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He would never ___what happened during that interview

Reveal tell

A

Divulge

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Quality of her father which had ___ her woman’s life

Prevent someone from accomplishing something

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Thwarted

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A thin acrid ___of the tomb seemed to lie everywhere

Cloth over coffin

A

Pall

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But garages and cotton gins had ___(intrude) and ___ (Destroy)even the ___ (respected) names of that neighborhood

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Encroached
Obliterated
August

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9
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Order issued by authority

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Edict

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Board of ___ met

Elected member of multiple council

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Alderman

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Like a body long submerged in motionless water,and of that ___ hue

Pale bc of poor health

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Pallid

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Being left alone, and a ___

Very poor person

A

Pauper

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Rustling of cranes silk and satin behind ___ closed upon the sun

Blinds of angled slats

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Jalousies

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By that time it was a ___,(Secret political group )and we were all Miss Emily’s allied to help ___(overcome)the cousins

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Cabal

Circumvent

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15
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So many times had been too ___and furious to die

Bitter hostile

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Virulent

16
Q

Spread legs far apart

A

Spraddled

17
Q

Touch of earthiness to reaffirm her ___

Not capable of being harmed damaged

A

Imperviousness

18
Q

With only a ___ negro man to wait on her.

A

Doddering