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Let Me Hear You Whisper/The Devil and Daniel Webster
Vocabulary Words for Both Stories
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Literature
8th Grade
04/21/2010

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Electrodes
Definition
connecting devices through which electric current flows
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oscilloscope
Definition
screen displaying and electrical wave
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natatorium
Definition
indoor swimming pool
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officiously
Definition
in a bossy and interfering way
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formaldehyde
Definition
liquid used to kill germs and preserve laboratory specimens
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paraphernalia
Definition
equipment
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macabre
Definition
gruesome; horrible
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phantasmagorically
Definition
in a rapidly changing, dreamlike way
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nuance
Definition
shade of meaning
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denunciations
Definition
harsh criticisms
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patriarchs
Definition
founders of the ancient Hebrew families
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vouch
Definition
give a guarantee
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adduce
Definition
give as evidence
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loyalist
Definition
American who supported Britain
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reviling
Definition
speaking abusively; call names
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