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Calvert School,Lesson 25,Reading - Vocabulary,Found in Teacher's Manual

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Definition
Traversed   to go against or act in opposition to  
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Gauntlet   a glove worn with medieval armor to protect the hand  
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Perforce   by physical coercion  
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Pessimism   an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome  
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Ludicrously   amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity  
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Reverie   the condition of being lost in thought  
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Wistful   full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy  
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Decorum   literary and dramatic propriety  
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Deftly   characterized by facility and skill  
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Spry   nimble  
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Sundry   various  
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Enticed   to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire  
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Ethereal   of or relating to the regions beyond the earth  
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Revelation   an act of revealing or communicating divine truth  
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Innovation   the introduction of something new  
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Qualms   a sudden attack of illness, faintness, or nausea  
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Vivacity   the quality or state of being vivacious  
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Ingenuously   showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness  
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Elusive   hard to comprehend or define  
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Ferreted out   to search out  
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