Spellings Flashcards

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ascent

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to go up

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clamber

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to climb with hand and feet

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contemptuous

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to dismiss someone or insult someone

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contradict

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opposing idea

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decorous

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polite and restrained

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enmity

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state of feeling of opposition or hostility

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furtive

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secretive

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indignation

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anger of something that is unfair

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intricate

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detailed

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pallid

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pale

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motif

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a feature that repeats throughout the story

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efflorescence

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blooming

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specious

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misleading/wrong

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interposed

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to put one thing between another

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intricacies

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detail

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obscurely

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hidden

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askew

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not straight

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incredulous

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someone unwilling to believe

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pliant

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easily bent or manipulated

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pallor

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unhealthy appearence

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dichotomous

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two parts often opposites

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allegory

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hidden meaning or message, political

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microcosm

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a smaller version of something

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fable

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a short story with a moral

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pathetic fallacy

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giving human emotions to inanimate objects