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Waimea Summer pgs. 113-127

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  1. worm
    to move in a twisting or contorted motion,
  2. prodigious
    great in size, force, extent, or degree
  3. common-law marriage
    a marriage relationship created by agreement and cohabitation rather than by ceremony
  4. bewitching
    capturing interest as if by a spell
  5. haughty
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  6. disdainful
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  7. extol
    praise, glorify, or honor
  8. earnestly
    in a sincere and serious manner
  9. pedagogy
    the profession of a teacher
  10. deferential
    showing courteous regard for people's feelings
  11. flamboyant
    tending to attract attention; marked by ostentatious display
  12. austere
    severely simple
  13. belie
    be in contradiction with
  14. preeminence
    high status importance owing to marked superiority
  15. nabob
    a governor in India during the Mogul empire
  16. indignation
    a feeling of righteous anger
  17. provincial
    associated with an administrative district of a nation
  18. royalist
    an advocate of the principles of monarchy
  19. fiasco
    a complete failure or collapse
  20. jar
    affect in a disagreeable way
  21. Episcopalian
    a member of the Episcopal church
  22. parish
    a local church community
  23. saunter
    walk leisurely and with no apparent aim
  24. listless
    lacking zest or vivacity
  25. thorax
    the body of an arthropod between the head and the abdomen
  26. pleurisy
    inflammation of the pleura of the lungs
  27. reedy
    upright and slender
  28. sputtering
    the noise of something spattering explosively
  29. Sorbonne
    a university in Paris; intellectual center of France
  30. barrister
    a British lawyer who speaks in the higher courts of law
  31. sardonically
    in a sarcastic manner
  32. nightcap
    an alcoholic drink taken at bedtime; often alcoholic
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