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Native Son Vocab
Kintz
27
Literature
12th Grade
12/14/2011

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Anarchist
Definition
a person who promotes disorder or excites revolt against anyestablished rule, law, or custom.
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aspiration
Definition
strong desire, longing, or aim; ambition
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balk
Definition
to stop, as at an obstacle, and refuse to proceed or to dosomething specified
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belligerent
Definition
of warlike character; aggressively hostile;
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benevolent
Definition
characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings:
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brooding
Definition
preoccupied with depressing, morbid, or painful memories orthoughts: a brooding frame of mind.
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coyness
Definition
artfully or affectedly shy or reserved; slyly hesitant;coquettish.
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emphatically
Definition
very impressive or significant; strongly marked; striking: theemphatic beauty of sunset.
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engulfing
Definition
to swallow up in or as in a gulf submerge:
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fallow
Definition
not in use; inactive:
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foreboding
Definition
a strong inner feeling or notion of a future misfortune, evil,etc.; presentiment.
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frenzy
Definition
extreme mental agitation; wild excitement or derangement.
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giddy
Definition
affected with vertigo; dizzy.
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inarticulate
Definition
lacking the ability to express oneself, especially in clear andeffective speech: an inarticulate public speaker.
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latent
Definition
present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; existing aspotential: latent ability
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lumbering
Definition
the trade or business of cutting and preparing lumber
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ornate
Definition
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively orshowily so: They bought an ornate Louis XIV sofa.
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pensive
Definition
dreamily or wistfully thoughtful:
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plaintive
Definition
expressing sorrow or melancholymournful: a plaintive melody.
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raving
Definition
talking wildly; delirious; frenzied:
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sheen
Definition
luster; brightness; radiance.
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shunted
Definition
to shove or turn (someone or something) aside or out of theway.
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suffusing
Definition
to overspread with or as with a liquid, color, etc.
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taunt
Definition
to reproach in a sarcastic, insulting, or jeering manner;mock.
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taut
Definition
tightly drawn; tense; not slack.
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torrid
Definition
oppressively hot, parching, or burning, as climate, weather,or air.
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veritable
Definition
being truly or very much so: a veritable triumph.
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