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Master Puppeteer
Vocabulary Words
8
Language - English
8th Grade
12/03/2013

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Term

Stealthily

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Definition
  • secret;clandestine
  • surreptitious procedure
  • secret;not openly acknowledged
  • ex. "He packed his few pieces of clothing and stealthily made his way out the front of the shop."
Term

Serenity

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Definition
  • the state of being serene
  • calm; or tranquil
  • a title of honour, respect or reverence
  • ex. "But the puppet makers face was a mask of serenity."
Term

Famine

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Definition
  • extreme and general scarcity of food
  • extreme hunger; starvation
  • ex. "Now nearly for five years, there had been famine."
Term

Manipulator

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Definition
  • to negotiate, control, or influence
  • someone who manipulates
  • to alter or change to ones own advantage
  • ex. "They dropped their clogs on the packed earth of the entrance way and followed the left hand manipulator up into the theatre."
Term

Travesty

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Definition
  • a literary or artistic burlesque of a serious work or subject
  • a composition so inferior in quality as to be merely a grotesque imitation of its model
  • ex. "His only son is a fool, currently masquerading as a puppeteer, to be sure, but how long can the travesty endure?"
Term

Diluted

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Definition
  • to make thinner or weaker
  • to reduce the strangth, force, or efficency
  • ex. "The samurai blood that flowed in my ancestors' veins has become more and more diluted the farther we come from the sword bearers."
Term

Boisterously

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Definition
  • rough or noisy
  • noisily jolly or rowdy
  • ex. "The audience was applauding boisterously."

 

Term

Amenities

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Definition
  • an agreeable way or manner
  • courtesy; civility
  • any feature that provides comfort, convenience or pleasure
  • ex. "Lets dispense with the amenities."
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