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Vocab unit one Flashcards

1
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theme

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noun; the insight about life that the story communicates

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Disheveled

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adjective; disarranged and untidy

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Profoundly

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adverb; deeply and intensely

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astutely

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adverb; cleverly or cunningly

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Dowry

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noun; property that a woman brought to her husband at marriage (usually from her parents)

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chic

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adjective; fashionable

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Seine

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Proper Noun; river flowing through Paris

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promissory note

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noun; written promises to pay back borrowed money

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Champ Elysees

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Proper Noun; fashionable street in Paris

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Irony

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noun; odd twist to the story

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termination

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noun, end

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precluded

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prevented, made impossible in advance; verb

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retribution

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payback; punishment for misdeed; noun

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afflicted

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suffering or sickened; verb

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Amontillado

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a pale, dry sherry; Proper Noun

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connoisseurship

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expert judgment; noun (you may also use connoisseur a person with expert judgment of matters; noun).

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explicit

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clearly stated; adj.

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subsided

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settled down, became less active or intense; verb

19
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masons/Freemasons

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a member of an international order established for mutual help and fellowship, which holds elaborate secret ceremonies - noun/Proper Noun (Freemasons)

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mood

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the primary feeling that the reader experiences while reading a work of literature ; noun0

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debacle

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(noun)- a bad defeat

22
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suspense

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(noun)- the feeling of uncertainty about what may happen next

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bizarre

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(adj.)- odd in appearance

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cosmopolite

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(noun)- a person at home in all parts of the world

25
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conflict

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(noun)-a struggle between opposing forces

26
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palpable

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(adj)- able to be touched or felt

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grotesque

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(adj.)- having a strange, odd design. (A very ugly or comically distorted figure, creature, or image.)

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naive

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(adj.)- showing lack of experience, wisdom, or judgment

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futile

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(adj.)- hopeless; pointless; incapable of producing any useful result

30
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Amazon

not website

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(proper noun)- a large river in South America

31
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Caribbean

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(proper noun)- the Caribbean Sea, a part of the Atlantic Ocean, bounded by South America, Central America, and the West Indies.

English 9 Denk unit one Vocab (1 decks)

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