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  1. innocence
    the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong
    Trying to protect his students' innocence
    he told them the Ice Age was really just
    the Chilly Age, a period of a million years
    when everyone had to wear sweaters.
  2. outbreak
    a sudden occurrence or increase of something undesirable
    The Spanish Inquisition was nothing more
    than an outbreak of questions such as
    "How far is it from here to Madrid?"
  3. tiny
    very small
    The War of the Roses took place in a garden,
    and the Enola Gay dropped one tiny atom
    on Japan.
  4. atom
    the smallest component of an element
    The War of the Roses took place in a garden,
    and the Enola Gay dropped one tiny atom
    on Japan.
  5. torment
    treat cruelly
    The children would leave his classroom
    for the playground to torment the weak
    and the smart,
    mussing up their hair and breaking their glasses,
  6. muss
    make messy or untidy
    The children would leave his classroom
    for the playground to torment the weak
    and the smart,
    mussing up their hair and breaking their glasses,
  7. picket
    a wooden strip forming part of a fence
    while he gathered up his notes and walked home
    past flower beds and white picket fences,
    wondering if they would believe that soldiers
    in the Boer War told long, rambling stories
    designed to make the enemy nod off.
  8. fence
    a barrier that serves to enclose an area
    while he gathered up his notes and walked home
    past flower beds and white picket fences,
    wondering if they would believe that soldiers
    in the Boer War told long, rambling stories
    designed to make the enemy nod off.
  9. rambling
    straying from the main point or covering a range of subjects
    while he gathered up his notes and walked home
    past flower beds and white picket fences,
    wondering if they would believe that soldiers
    in the Boer War told long, rambling stories
    designed to make the enemy nod off.
  10. design
    plan something for a specific role or purpose or effect
    while he gathered up his notes and walked home
    past flower beds and white picket fences,
    wondering if they would believe that soldiers
    in the Boer War told long, rambling stories
    designed to make the enemy nod off.
Created on Sun Jan 12 19:52:41 EST 2020 (updated Sun Jan 12 19:54:12 EST 2020)

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