vocab on the novel A Separate Peace
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| amiable | friendly
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| bantam | small
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| blitzkrieg | German for "lightning war"
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| calisthenics | exercises
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| capacious | large quantity
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| catapult | plane or missile launcher
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| compliance | conformity
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| consternation | shocked dismay
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| chronic | long lasting
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| cupola | dome-shape roof
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| deign | doing something in a haughty manner
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| delectable | delicious
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| delirious | irrational crude illness
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| detonation | explosion
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| douse | extinguish immersed in liquid
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| droll | oddly amusing
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| eccentric | unconventional/different
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| eloquence | notable speaking ability
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| emissary | representative
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| emphatic | with emphasis
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| encroach | trespass
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| erratic | inconsistent
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| exaltation | feeling of extreme happiness
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| exhort | urge to do something
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| expulsion | dismissal from a place or membership
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| fanfare | showy display
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| fey | supernatural
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| forlorn | lonely and miserable
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| galvanize | stimulate someone to act
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| genial | kind
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| grovel | to beg
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| inanimate | dull/dead
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| indignation | anger at unfairness
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| inebriate | to make intoxicated
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| infinitesimal | too small to be measured
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| idiosyncratic | quirky
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| interval | intervening period of time
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| insidious | gradual and harmful
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| insinuate | to imply something
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| intimidate | persuade or dissuade by frighten
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| intoxicant | something that causes drunkenness
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| inveigle | entice
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| irate | very angry
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| irresolute | incapable of deciding
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| ludicrous | absurdly ridiculous
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| maim | to wound or disable
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| matriarchal | referring to the female head of a family
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| mote | particle
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| nonentity | insignificant person
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| notion | idea
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| preserve | make sure something lasts
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| prow | ship's bow
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| ramshackle | badly built
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| reverberate | echo
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| reverie | daydream
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| salient | projecting
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| sedate | unhurried
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| sinecure | paid job requiring little work
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| smirk | smile smugly
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| solace | relief from emotional distress
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| sultry | hot and damp
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| specter | ghost
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| throng | crowd
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| transfix | to make immobile by shock
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| treachery | betrayal
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| trudge | walk wearily
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| veer | to change directions suddenly
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| venerable | worthy of respect
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