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Vocab

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humility   a modesty or limited/low view of one's own importance  
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permeate   throughout, soaked penetrate  
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tenacious   determined, go-getting, relentless, never gives up  
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intricate   detailed, specific, finely described (patterned) (spider web)  
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defiant   indignant, rebellious  
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reluctant   hesitant, fearful, unsure  
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grave   dead serious  
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barrage   a concentrated artillery bombardment over a wide area, to (verb)bombard (someone) with something  
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fledgling   a young bird learning to fly, a person or organization that is immature, inexperienced, or underdeveloped intuition(noun) a sixth sense or gut feeling  
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proponent   someone who is "for" or fighting FOR a cause (opposite of against--con)  
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intuition   a sixth sense or gut feeling  
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facade   the face of a building, especially the principal front that looks onto a street or open space, front, facing outward appearance that is maintained to conceal a less pleasant or creditable reality.  
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redundant   no longer needed, superfluous(extra), omitted without loss  
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conspicuous   overt, obvious, sticks out  
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vigilant   watchful, aware  
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auspicious   promising, favorable, giving a sign of future success  
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obstinate   stubborn  
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methodical   logical, analytic, efficient, following structure or form  
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defiant   angry, stubborn, aggressively resisting  
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punctilious   showing great attention to detail or correct behavior  
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compel   force or oblige (someone) to do something , urge, pressure  
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despise   feel contempt or a deep repugnance for  
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justify   show or prove to be right or reasonable , explain, support, give reasons for  
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jeer   make rude and mocking remarks, typically in a loud voice , mock, ridicule, insult  
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retaliate   make an attack or assault in return for a similar attack , reciprocate, get back at  
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infraction   a violation or infringement of a law, agreement, or set of rules  
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scion   a detached living portion of a plant (such as a bud or shoot) joined to a stock in grafting and usually supplying solely aerial parts to a graft, a descendent  
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prominent   well known, in the public eye  
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relentless   tenacious, go getting, incredibly determined  
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dilapidated   decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse  
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vehement   intensely emotional, deeply felt, marked by forceful energy  
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Dialect   accent,slang talk  
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Allusion   reference to bible  
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mood   emotional established in the reader  
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tone   authors  
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problem/solution   locked out of my house/climbed in the window--structure  
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accomplice   a helper or partner in a criminal act  
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alibi   an excuse (truth or lie) regarding where a person was during a crime  
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alias   an alternate identity  
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avarice   greed  
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deduction   a process of thinking, figuring out a puzzle by pulling the pieces apart and reassembling them  
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eccentric   odd, quirky, out of the norm...  
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gaunt   sunken faced  
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motive   a reason for an act  
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pseudonym   a fake name used by a writer for various reasons  
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scrutinize   to study carefully  
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sleuth   a detective  
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swanky   rich, but old rich, like antiques, etc  
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irony   -the unexpected.... verbal (like sarcasm) dramatic(when the reader knows information that a main character in a story doesn't situational.  
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foreshadowing   a literary device used to give the reader hints to an upcoming, significant event. Usually this carries a negative connotation, but sometimes good events may be foreshadowed too  
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red herrings   misleading clues planted by the author in a plot to throw the reader off track. These are used to draw the reader into the story.  
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*sources   references, where you find your information  
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domain   .org .edu .gov .com .net  
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tilde   a small wavy hyphen found in a web address which designates a personal website  
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paraphrasing   taking the idea and "translating" it into your own words or voice  
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summarizing   taking a lot of information and CONDENSING it into 1 or 2 sentences  
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internal citation OR parenthetical citation (Jones 42 )   pointing out to the reader where you got  
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website   a location connected to the Internet that maintains one or more pages on the World Wide Web.  
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database   a large amount of information stored in a computer system in such a way that it can be easily  
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thesis   claim, point, opinion  
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