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The lowest animal
by Mark Twain
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Literature
11th Grade
06/27/2016
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Atrocity
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shockingly cruel and inhuman act
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heretics
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people who hold beliefs opposed to those of the church.
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Zealot
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overly enthusisatic, fanatic
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concubines
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secondary wives
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harems
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groups of females who mate and live with one male
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harbors
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cling to, nourishes
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chicane
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clever deception, trckery
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Anaconda
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long heavy snake that crushes it prey
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larder
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supply of food, wher supplies are kept.
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Quadrupeds
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four footed animals
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postulate
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assumptions
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Scientific method
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research method in which a theory is tested by careful documented experiments
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conjectured
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inferred, predicted from incomplete evidence,
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Avaricious
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greedy
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Atrocious
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evil, very bad
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Sordid
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dirty, cheap, shameful
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Vacated
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made void
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Renounce
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give up, reject
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appease
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satisfy pacify
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scruppled
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hesitated because of feelings of guilt
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transition
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passage from one condition or stage to another
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Wantonly
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carelessly often with ill will
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caliber
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quality or ability
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Allegience
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loyalty
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Dispositions
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natures, characters
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