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"The Pearl" vocab

Vocab that is found the the story "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck

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plaintively mournfully; pitifully
scorpion a stinging arachnid
feinted made a pretense of an attack
avarice greediness
indigent needy; poor
dissembling concealing true feelings
undulating rising and falling; wavelike
alms money given to poor people
semblance deceptive appearance
bulwark protection
benign good natured; harmless
spurned kicked; rejected
lethargy laziness or indifference
edifice imposing structure
leprosy an infectious, disfiguring diesease
waning shrinking to a new moon
covert a hiding place
sentinel guard
goading urging
monolithic formed from a single block
escarpment a long cliff
intercession a prayer said on behalf of another person
malignat harmful; likely to cause death
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