Please remember that your annotations for pages 1-74 are due Monday; we will also have a quote quiz on those pages.
Today in class Ms. Weng gave you a vocabulary assignment that is due January 15th (Thursday). If you would like to get started on that assignment, what follows is a list of the 23 words for your assignment and their definitions. Ms. Weng also has hard copies of this list in class.
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Word
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Definition
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POS
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Impinge
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To make an impression or to encroach
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v.
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Keening
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High-pitched wailing to express mourning
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n.
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Beneficence
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The doing of good deeds; charity; generosity
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n.
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Pious
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Devoutly religious OR hypocritically religious
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Adj.
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Lamentably
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Mournfully, sadly
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Adv.
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Myriad
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A large number of things
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noun
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Abstemious
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Moderation in eating and drinking
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Adj.
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Equanimity
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Calm, balanced personality, serenity
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noun
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Tawny
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Golden-brown color
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Adj.
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Pungent
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Describes a sharp, bitter odor
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Adj.
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Obscure
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Hidden, mysterious, not well-known, difficult to comprehend
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Adj.
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Sentry
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A guard or watchman
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noun
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Valor
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Courage with honor
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Noun
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Chamois
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A cloth made from a goat’s skin – good for polishing
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Noun
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enthralled
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Captivated, entranced
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Adj.
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changeling
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A child who is separated from its family at birth and given to
another family
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noun
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ominous
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A portent or omen of danger; threatening
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Adj.
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mesmeric
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Fascinating
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Adj.
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pragmatic
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Practical, logical
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Adj.
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reverie
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Day dream
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noun
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jauntiness
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liveliness
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noun
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enigma
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A mystery or puzzle
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noun
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girth
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The midsection of an animal or waist of a person
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noun
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