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Calvert School,Lesson 21,Reading - Vocabulary,Found in Teacher's Manual

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Definition
Remanded   to send, call, or order back  
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Indulgent   to give into  
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Ravages   to lay waste to by plundering  
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Barricade   to block off  
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Incursions   a hostile entrance into a territory  
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Free boating   pirating  
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Bittern   to have cut, pierce, seize with the teeth  
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Dissipated   to break up and drive away  
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Reproach   expression of rebuke  
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Myriads   10,000  
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Unwieldy   difficulty to handle because of large size  
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Embellishment   to beautify with ornaments  
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Patronage   to support provided by a patron  
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Sentinal   person or animal that keeps watch for danger  
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Prodigious   being an omen  
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Localities   place and surroundings  
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Veranda   open porch, usually roofed  
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Ludicrous   arousing deversive laughter  
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Eclat   dazzling or striking effect  
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Terrace   open platform extending from a balcony  
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Incursion   a hostile entrance  
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Imperceptible   extremly slight, gradual, or subtle  
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Retrospect   a review of or meditation of past events  
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Dispelled   to drive away as if scattering  
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Pious   showing loyal reverence to something  
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Monarch   a person that regains  
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Plumage   the feathers of a bird  
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Ford   a shallow part of a body of water  
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Fleet   to fade away  
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Droll   having a humorous quality  
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Shrewd   mischievous  
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Reproof   rebuke  
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