Unit 5: Novel Study: The Story of My Life, I-XII

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  1. poignancy
    a quality that arouses emotions, especially pity or sorrow
  2. disposition
    your usual mood
  3. fleeting
    lasting for a markedly brief time
  4. gesticulate
    show, express, or direct through movement
  5. oblige
    force somebody to do something
  6. perplexed
    full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment
  7. tangible
    perceptible by the senses, especially the sense of touch
  8. confound
    mistake one thing for another
  9. repentance
    remorse for your past conduct
  10. intermittent
    stopping and starting at irregular intervals
  11. initiative
    the first of a series of actions
  12. indignant
    angered at something unjust or wrong
  13. quaint
    attractively old-fashioned
  14. impart
    transmit, as knowledge or a skill
  15. innate
    inborn or existing naturally
  16. aspiration
    a cherished desire
  17. tantalizing
    arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable
  18. deprivation
    a state of extreme poverty
  19. emboss
    raise in a relief
  20. prospective
    of or concerned with or related to the future
  21. ponderous
    having great mass and weight and unwieldiness
  22. portend
    indicate by signs
  23. desolate
    providing no shelter or sustenance
Created on Mon Nov 09 10:15:25 EST 2020 (updated Tue Nov 10 10:35:15 EST 2020)

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