Diary of Anne Frank
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| threadbare | worn out and thin, with holes
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| sparsely | thin; not full
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| rucksack | backpack
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| capitulation | an act of surrendering; giving up
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| portly | large and heavy in a dignified way
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| conspicuous | easily seen or noticed
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| mercurial | frequently changing, with a range from very high to very low
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| pantomime | acting out without using words; gestures
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| seetee | small couch or sofa
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| dignified | showing proper manners; polite and refined
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| extravagant | exaggerated; beyond usual norms
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| intolerable | terrible; unbearable
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| vile | awful; disgusting
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| dunce | a person with limited intelligence
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| coeducational | having both males and females in class together
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| indignantly | with anger or resentment; feelings of being treated unfairly
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| mimicking | copying actions; making fun of
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| scoffingly | in a mocking way
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| grave | very serious and concerned
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| bustle | noisy; busy activity
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| meticulous | very neat
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| humiliated | extremely embarrassed
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| deported | sent away, out of a country
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| fatalist | someone that believes that all events are determined by fate
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| satchel | a small bag or suitcase
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| improvise | to fulfill a sudden need, using whatever materials are available
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| ostentatiously | in a showy way; boastful
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| disgruntled | displeased; grumpy
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| onslaught | violent advance or attack (like in a battle)
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| inarticulate | incapable of speech, usually when under stress
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| apprehension | worries
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| foreboding | a prediction (feeling) that something bad will happen
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| anticipate | knowing what is about to happen
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| bewildered | confused
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| intimate | familiarity, to know someone very well
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| intuition | the ability to sense and understand what will happen
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| stole | a short fur coat
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| stealthily | in a sneaky way, to not get caught
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| pandemonium | wild uproar; loud celebration
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| convulsive | strong and uncontrolled
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| rigid | stiff with tension and fear
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| ineffectually | without success
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| purgatory | a religious term- not heaven or hell (a temporary place)
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