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Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| secessionist | one who favorited the separation of the Southern states from the Union |
| remove | distance |
| pivotal | central; acting as a point around which other things turn |
| oscillation | regular back and forth movement |
| appalling | frightful |
| imperious | urgent |
| gyration | circular movement; whirling |
| perilous | dangerous |
| fixity | steadiness; motionlessness |
| deference | respect |
| preternaturally | extraordinarily; abnormally |
| malign | harmful; evil |
| ineffable | indescribable; unspeakable |
| chafed | became impatient |
| uncanny | eerie; weird |
| sentinel | guard; sentry |
| encompassed | surrounded; enclosed |
| sleepers | railroad ties |
| martinet | disciplinarian of military rigidity |
| report | explosive noise |
| dictum | statement; saying |
| presaging | forewarning; predicting |
| acclivity | uphill slope |
| summarily | without delay |
| abrasion | scrape |
| apprised | informed |
| knell | sound of a bell ringing slowly |