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The Red Headed League Vocab
by: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Literature
7th Grade
02/21/2011

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The ***********faced, elderly gentleman...
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(red) Florid...Authors sentence
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engaged
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Busy...Def.
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settee
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(couch) I sat on the settee while I read my book...Own sentence
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You have shown your *********for it,...
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(enthusiasm) relish
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embellish
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exaggerate
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among the most *******
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(unusual) singular
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...listened to you *****
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(continue) recommence
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portly
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(fat) Most people in the United States are portly because of their poor diets.
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pompous
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(stuck-up) Some of the people act pompous because their parents act like they are rich.
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that he is a ****
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(member of a secret society) Freemason
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bequest
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an inheritance or gift
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pawnbroker
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person who buys and sells used things
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vice
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bad habits, sins
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...apply the *****
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(details) particulars
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dejected
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(depressed because of bad news) I was dejected when I found out that my friend cuts herself.
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...and a *** ***...
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(card table) deal table
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bashful
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shy
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Is purely ****
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(is name only...without real substance) Nominal
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No excuse will ****
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(to be of use) avail
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billet
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job
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foolscap
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a type of paper
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soverigns
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coins
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dillagence
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(hard work) when I go to the Ice Rink I am very diligent.
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curt
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(brief, to the point) Amanda makes comments that are very curt, she says what she needs to and no more.
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He is just a ****
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(lawyer) solicitor
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introspective
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(looking at one's own thoughts) Own Sentence
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dingy
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old and worn out
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abutted
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right next to
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languor
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laziness
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hansom
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horse-drawn carrige
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rubber
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card game
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inbecile
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idiot
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