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| Compel | To force someone to do something |
| Despise | Feel contempt for something or disgust |
| Justify | Prove to be right or reasonable |
| Jeer | Making rude or mocking comments |
| Retaliate | Fight back after being attacked |
| Infraction | A violation of law |
| Scion | A detached living part of a plant |
| Prominent | Well known |
| Relentless | Incredibly determined |
| Dilapidated | Decayed or fallen into ruin |
| Vehement | Intensely emotional |
| Sequence | first, second, next, finally-- structure |
| defiant | angry, stubborn |
| Dialect | Accent, slang |
| Allusion | Reference to another story or novel |
| Mood | Emotion established in the reader |
| Tone | Authors voice |
| Problem/Solution | Locked out of house/Climbed through window--structure |