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Till We Have Faces
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11th Grade
04/28/2010
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mince
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soften or moderate w/ words
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wiles
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tricks
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flaxen
 Definition
having the pale grayish-yellow color of flax fiber
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faugh
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used to express disgust
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lee
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protecting shelter
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sodden
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expressionless, stupid or dull, esp from drink
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eddy
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a current of water or air running contrary to the main current
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catamountain
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any of various wild cats
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chapleted
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wearing a wreath on the head
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precipice
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a very steep or overhanging place
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precipice
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a very steep or overhanging place
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scudding
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to run or skim along swiftly and easily
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aghast
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struck by shock, terror, or amazement
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feign
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pretend, dissemble
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bemire
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to soil with mud or dirt
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haggard
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wild in appearanc, have worn or emancipated appearance
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frippery
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cast-off clothes; a place where old clothes are stored
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bawdy
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obscene, lewd
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dunghill
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a heap of animal excrement; a foul, degraded condition or place
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swilling
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to drink greedily or grossly
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beguiled
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led by deception
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travail
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a physical or mental exertion, work
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girth
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a measure around the body
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cavil
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to raise trivial objections
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eunuch
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a castrated man
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contrivance
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a mechanical device
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boded
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indicated by signs
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expiated
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acquitted
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mottled
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splotchy
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bodkin
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knife or sword
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trull
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prostitute, strumpet
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flagon
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flask
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mountebank
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a person who sells quack medicines
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lissome
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lithe, supple
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tippled
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excessively drunk
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vagabonds
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tramps
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buttress
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a structure, usu. brick or stone, built against a wall for support or reinforcement
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impious
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not pious, lacking reverence
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flay
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to strip off the skin
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fetter
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a shackle or chain for feet; restraint; to bind w/ fetter
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wanton
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playful, unruly, lascivious, licentious, abandoned, gratuitous, unbridled, libidinous
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libation
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the ritual of pouring wine or oil on something in honor of a god; drink
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brazen
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brass-like; having no shame
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doxy
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a hussy; wench
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victuals
 Definition
food or other provisions
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dotage
 Definition
feeble & childish state due to old age; senility; a doting
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temperance
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moderation or self-restraint; abstinence from alcoholic liquors
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chary
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very cautious-wary
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addled
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to become confused
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primness
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precise or proper to the point of affectation; excessively decorous
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glib
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fluent and often superficial
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mandrake
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plant that appears human-like
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quean
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doxy
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carion
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dead, decaying flesh
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maxim
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an expression of principle
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supplication
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act of prayer
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revels
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merrymaking or festivity
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gaunt
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extremely thin and bony
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dally
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to waste time, playful, flirt
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lank
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lanky, thin
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pestilential
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plague
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pious
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conscious in religious practice
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contrive
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to devise
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willy-nilly
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indecisive
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irrevocable
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irreversable
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obelisks
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stone shaft
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countenance
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appearance, esp face
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beguiled
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to mislead, trecherous
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ostentation
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lavish display to impress others
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