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Literature
Across Five Aprils/ 6th grade
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |