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Benevolence
A generous or thoughtful gift
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Bridgework
Made up of sections of replacement teeth that can be inserted and removed from ones mouth
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Chameleon
Scout points out that Miss Maudie's appearance was as changeable as a lizard
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Cordiality
Sincere affection and kindness
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Edification
Education; instruction
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Gaped
To stare at a person with your mouth open
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Inquisitive
Questioning; prying
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Mimosa
Also called a silk tree or shrub
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Morbid
Gruesome; horrible
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Protestant
Baptist, methodist, and lutheran
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Pulpit gospel
Pulpit- the raised platform where the preacher preaches in church
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Quibbling
A type of arguing where you avoid the main point by bringing up petty details
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Tactit
An agreement or in this case. Treaty. Silently agreed upon
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Collards
A type of cabbage with very coarse leaves
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Dismemberment
To tear or to cut someones limbs off
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Eerily
Weirdly; mysteriously
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Ensuing
Something that comes immediately after something else
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Franklin stove
A cast iron heating stove invented by Benjamin Franklin
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Kudzu
A quick growing vine with large leaves
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Lattice work
A lattice is an openwork structure of crossed strips or bars, as in a screen
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Malignant
Dangerous, evil
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Prowess
Superior ability or skill
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Ramshackle
Loose or rickety; about to fall apart
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Waning
Becoming less bright, intense, or strong
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Gnats
Small two winged insects that can bite or sting
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Meditative
To reflect upon something or think about it
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Palate
The roof of ones mouth
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Perpetual embalming
- Perpetual: something that lasts forever
- Embalming: the process of preserving a dead body
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Whittles
To use a knife to cut away thin shavings of wood
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Aberrations
Moving away from something that is normal
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Azaleas
A colorful and decorative kind of flower
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Cannas
A beautiful tropical flower
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Caricatures
A representationbof a person where certain features of that person are exaggerated or disorted
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Cordial
Warm and friendly
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Flue
A channel in a chimney that allows smoke and flames to pass to the outside
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Meteorological
Anything to do with meteorology or weather
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Morphodite
An animal or plant with both male and female reproductive organs
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Near libel
Libel is harming someones reputation
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Perpetrated
Carried out; committed
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Prophets
Someone able to predict the future
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Quelled
To overwhelm something until it is powerless
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Roomers
Persons who rent and live in rooms in a house
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Switches
Slender twigs or branches
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Taffeta
A lustrous, still fabric, often used for womens dresses
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Touchous
Touchy; sensitive
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Unfathomable
Something that cannot be understood
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Ambrosia
A desert made up of a mixture of fruits, nuts, and coconut
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Analogous
Similar; comparable
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Bluff
The broad, flat front of a cliff
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Catwalk
A narrow, elevated walkway
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Changelings
A child secretly put in the face of another
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Compensation
To pay for something or to make up for something
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Crooned
To sing in a low gentle tone
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Doused
To poor liquid all over someone
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Evasion
To avoid doing or answering something directly
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Fanatical
Exreme enthusiasm, interest, zeal, etc. Goes beyond what is reasonable
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Gallantly
Politely; in the manner of a gentleman
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Gastric
Of in or near the stomach
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Gravitated
Finding yourself pulled in the dorection of that object or person
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Guilessness
No craftiness in dealing with others
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Harbored
To hold in the mind
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Hookah
An oriental tobacco pipe with a flexible tube that draws smoke through a bowl of water
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Impaired
Damaged; weakened
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Indecision
Not being able to decide what to do
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Indicative
Something that shows or displays something
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Ingenuous
Simple; innocent
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Innate
Something innate is a natural part of something else
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Inordinately
Too great or too many
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Invective
Abusive terms, curses, insults, etc.
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Isolate
Set apart from others
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Jetty
A type of wall built out into water to protect a coastline or restrain currents
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Mishaps
Unlucky or unfortunate accidents
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Mortify
Humiliate; embarrass
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Obstreperous
Noisy and unruly
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Pantry
A small room or closet off the kitchen where foodstuffs and cooking ingredients are stored
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Porter
A person who carries luggage
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Provocation
Something that excites some sort of feeling
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Ringworm
A contagious skil disease cause by fungus
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Siblings
Brothers and or sisters
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Still
An apparatus for making alchoholic liquors
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Subdued
Someone who has been soothed or softened and made less intense
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Tentatively
To be hesitant or unsure
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Tongs
Device used to grab or lift objectd
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Trousseau
All the new clothes a bride brings to her marriage
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Uncompromising lineaments
Distincitive features or characteristics that are unchanging or firm
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Wary
Cautious on your guard against something
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Widow's walk
A platform with a rail around it built onto the roof of a house
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Yankees
Norterners; natives of Nortern states
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