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Stand, The by Stephen King words
A list of rather tricky words found in Stephen King's novel, The Stand.
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10th Grade
05/19/2010

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Abattoir
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a slaughterhouse
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Aggregate
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formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole mass
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Allocate
Definition
to set apart for a particular purpose; to assign or allot
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Ambrosial
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exceptionally pleasing to taste or smell; worthy of the Gods
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Atavistic
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reverting to or suggesting the characteristics of a remote ancestor
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Cameraderie
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good-fellowship
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Catatonic
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a symptom most frequently seen in schizophrenia; characterized by muscular rigidity and mental stupor, sometimes alternating with great excitement and confusion
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Cloy
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to become uninteresting or distasteful through overabundance; surfeit; satiate
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Coalesced
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to unite so as to form one mass, community, etc.; to blend or come together
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Curmudgen
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a bad-tempered, difficult, cantankerous person
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Diaphonous
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very sheer and light; almost completely transparent or translucent
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Effrontery
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shameless or impudent boldness; barefaced audacity
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Entropy
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a doctrine of inevitable social decline and degeneration
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Exude
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to come out gradually in drops, as sweat, through pores or small openings; ooze
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Inexorable
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not to be persuaded, moved, or affected by prayers or entreaties; unyielding; unalterable
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Jocund
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cheery; merry; blithe; gay
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Offal
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the parts of a butchered animal that are considered inedible by human beings
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Pragmatic
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of or pertaining to a practical point of view or practical considerations
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Presage
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a presentiment or foreboding
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Pretentious
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making usually unjustified or excessive claims
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Reconnoitering
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to inspect, observe, or survey (the enemy, the enemy’s strength or position, etc.) in order to gain information for military purposes
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Rictus
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the gape of the mouth of a bird; the gaping or opening of the mouth
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Seditious
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incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government
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Sepulcher
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a tomb, grave, or burial place
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Soporific
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pertaining to or characterized by sleepiness; causing or tending to cause sleepiness
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Suppurating
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to produce or discharge pus, as a wound
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Tenebrous
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dark, gloomy, or obscure
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Vacuous
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without contents; empty; lacking in ideas or intelligence; purposeless; idle
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Vulpine
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relating to or resembling a fox
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