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Literature
Across Five Aprils/ 6th grade
Term | Definition |
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ALOOF | DISTINCT OR RESERVED IN MANNER OR SOCIAL RELATIONS |
COMEUPPANCE | A PUNISHMENT THAT ONE DESERVES |
DESOLATE | MISSRABLE; MISTAKEN |
HEDGE (v.) | AVOID GIVING DIRECT ANSWER |
SECESSION | FORMAL WITHDRAWAL FROM AN ORGANIZATION |
TULMULT | MENTAL OR EMOTIONAL AGITATION |
ABOLITIONIST | THE ACT OF ABOLISHING. ABOLISHMENT OF SLAVERY |
DEMOTION | TO REDUCTION IN GRADE OR RANK |
DETAIN | DELAY OR HOLD BACK |
DISSIPATE | TO BREAK UP AND DRIVE AWAY. SCATTER |
FORTE | ONE'S STRONG POINT |
INDISTINCT | NOT CLEARLY OR SHARPLY OUTLINED OR DEFINED |
POMPUS | SELFISH IMPORTANT,ARROGANT |
COMPASSION | PITY |
HOARD | TO KEEP SOMETHNG TO ONESELF |
INEPT | NO APT OF FITTING; INAPPROPRIATE. LACKING JUDGEMENT OR SENSE; FOOLISH |
LURK | TO LIE IN WAIT |
PROVOKE | TO INCITE TO ANGER OR RESENT. TO STIR TO ACTION OR FEELING |
TENACIOUS | DETERMINED; PERSISENT |
BIGOT | ONE WHO IS INTOLERANT ESP. IN MATTERS OF RELIGION,RACE, OR POLITICS. PREGUDACE |
EGOTISM(v.) | INFLATED SENSE OF ONE'S SELF IMPORTANCE |
GRACIOUS | MARKED BY KINDNESS AND WARM COURTESSY. CHARM AND GOOD TASTE |
IRREPARABLE | IMPOSSIBLE TO REPAIR; OR FIX |
SIEGE (n) | THE SURRONDING AND BLOCKADING OF A CITY, TOWN OR FORTRESS BY AN ARMY ATTEMPTING TO CAPTURE |
COMPLICITY (n) | PARTICIPATION IN A WRONGFUL ACT |