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**Vocabulary Words**

 * smoldering (v) -** Burning without a flame.
 * //The smoldering ashes suddenly burst into flames.//


 * multifaceted (adj) -** Having many faces or sides.
 * //The diamond was multifaceted.//


 * ballistics (n) -** The study of the dynamics of projectiles.
 * //The gun was sent to ballistics for testing.//


 * stolid (adj) -** Showing little of no emotion.
 * //The woman was very stolid when the police arrested her son.//


 * refracted (v) -** Deflected from a straight path.
 * //The light was refracted off the bathroom mirror.//


 * imperceptibly (adv) -** Impossible to detect by ordinary senses.
 * //The enemy was advancing imperceptibly.//


 * pulverized (v)** - Reduced to a small powder.
 * //In his anger, Mr. E. pulverized the rock.//

**capillary (adj)** - Fine; small in diameter.
 * //They squeezed through the capillary in the mountain.//

**melancholy (adj) -** Extreme sadness; gloominess.
 * //The mood in the hospital was very melancholy when I walked in.//


 * erected (v) -** Set up; established.
 * //The school erected a new class for college students.//


 * proclivities (n) -** //Predispositions; tendencies.//
 * //The proclivities of a boy are to always eat.//


 * odious (adj) -** //Arousing strong dislike or displeasure//
 * //Having to clean his room, the boy was very odious.//


 * ravenous (adj) -** Extremely hungry; greedy for gratification
 * //The boy was so ravenous, he ate twenty bananas.//


 * pratfall (n) -** A fall in which one lands on the buttocks, often regarded as comical or humiliating.
 * //Mr. Ellsworth had a humiliating pratfall.// :)
 * //If you want to be in a musical comedy, you should learn to take a pratfall.//


 * dictum (n) -** An authoritative pronouncement; judicial assertion.
 * //Mr. Ellsworth has the right to give dictums during his class.//


 * noncombustible (adj) -** Does not burn easily.
 * //The house on the corner is noncombustable.//
 * //I wish everything was noncombustable.//


 * tactile (adj) -** Related to the sense of touch.
 * //We have tactile surfaces at the top and foot of our steps.//
 * //She became more tactile, buying herself a velvet skirt because she loved the feeling.//


 * cadenced -** //Definition//
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 * retaliation -** //Definition//
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 * receptacle -** //Definition//
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 * cowardice -** //Definition//
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 * simultaneously (adj) -** Occuring at the same time.
 * //Mr. E. can simultaneously pet his dog while doing schoolwork.//


 * verbiage (n) -** Excessive use of words.
 * //The teacher's verbiage annoyed the kids in the classroom.//


 * manifested (v) -** Showed or revealed.
 * //The magician manifested his trick to the little boy.//


 * parried (v) -** Deflected or avoided.
 * //The goalie parried the hockey puck.//


 * indecisive (adj) -** Can't make a decision.
 * //Diana is indecisive about what movie we should go see//


 * grotesque (adj) -** Bizarre; distorted.
 * //The movie was awfully grotesque during the violent scenes.//


 * limned (v) -** To describe.
 * //The painting was limned as beautiful//


 * juggernaut (n) -** Overwhelmingly advancing sight crushing all in its path.
 * //The tornado was described as a juggernaut as it destroyed all the crops and houses in its trail.//
 * //The mechanical hound came at Montag, like a juggernaut, focusing only on sticking him with his needle.//
 * // The cars were whizzing past each other, like juggernauts, ignoring the fact that there was any other type of life on the planet. //


 * cardamon (n) -** Italian Herb.
 * //The spices in the pasta included cardamon.//
 * //A bit of cardamon might add some flavor to this bland soup.//


 * pedants (n) -** Those who flaunt their knowledge.
 * //The group of young pedants looked ridiculous to everyone except themselves.//


 * pyre (n) -** A pile of combustible materials for burning a corpse.
 * // The pyre went up in flames like a red flower flourishing in the sun. //