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And Then There Were None vocabulary words
vocabulary words from And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
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Literature
7th Grade
05/18/2010

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cumbrous
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cumbersome
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Chateau Neuf du Pape
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a heavy red wine
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desultory
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marked by lack of a definite plan or purpose
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obliquely
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not straightforward, indirect
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acquiesce
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to accept or submit passively
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reproach
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an expression of disapproval
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impudently
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lacking modesty, marked by disregard for others
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cistern
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and artificial reservoir for storing water
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epistolary
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carried on in letters
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iniquitous
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grossly unjust, wicked
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capricious
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impulsive, unpredicable
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farce
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a light dramatic composition marked by comedy
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malicious
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acting to cause pain, distress, or injury to another
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cosh
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a blackjack or bludgeon
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idiosyncrasy
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a personal peculiarity of taste, behaivior, etc.
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heliographing
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an apparatus for telegraphing by means of the sun's rays flashed from a mirror
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innocuous
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harmless
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recrimination
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accusing in return, a counter accusation
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exonerated
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to clear from accusation or blame
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complicity
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an association or participation in a wrongful act
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babel
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noise, confusion
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adroitness
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the quality of having skill, cleverness
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lassitude
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a condition of weariness or fatigue
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tenacious
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not easily pulled apart
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surreptitiously
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secretly
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laconically
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using few words
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riterate
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to say or do over again
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gimlet
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a small tool with a screw point on one end
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veneer
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surface appearance or show
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proxy
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authority or power to act for another
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tacit
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implied or understood without being openly expressed; implicit
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quietus
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removal from an activity especially by death
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hypocrite
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a person who puts on a false appearance of virtue or religion
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