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Their Eyes Were Watching God Vocab
AP Lit - Head
30
Literature
12th Grade
05/12/2025
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Plume
 Definition
A large, showy feather
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Pugnacious
 Definition
Quarrelsome or combative
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Dilate
 Definition
To enlarge or expand in bulk or size
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Sanctum
 Definition
A holy or sacred place
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Calyx
 Definition
The sepals of a flower as a group
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Expound
 Definition
To explain in detail
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Mien
 Definition
Air or bearing especially as expressive of attitude or personality
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Percale
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A closely woven cotton fabric
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Cow
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To intimidate or make afraid
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Temerity
 Definition
Unreasonable contempt of danger
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Doleful
 Definition
Very very sad
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Bray
 Definition
To utter the loud cry of a donkey
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Fractious
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Inclined to make trouble
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Hammock
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A tract of land rising above a marsh
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Distended
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Abnormally expanded or increased in size
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Decorum
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Adherence to manners
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Coquetry
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Playful flirtation
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Hackles
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A feeling or anger or animosity
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Dudgeon
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Angry or indignant mood
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Stolidness
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The quality of having little emotion
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Pullet
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A young hen under a year in age
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Scimitar
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A curved, Middle Eastern sword
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Temporize
 Definition
To act to suit the time
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Newel
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A vertical support of a spiral staircase
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Flivver
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A cheap old car
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Insensate
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Lacking humane feeling
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Preempt
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To take for oneself
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Disgorge
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To vomit
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Supplication
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A request for help to an authority
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Fetid
 Definition
Really really stinky
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