vocabulary34pearl andrea perez
VOCABULARY FOR THE PEARL

CHAPTER 3

1. judicious

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2. almsgiver

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3. semblance

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4.  residue

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5. distillate

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6.  lucent

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7. disparagement

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8. prophecy

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9. transfigured

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10. threshed

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11. subjugation

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12. curtly 

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13.  pulque

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14.  dissembling

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15. estuary

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16. mangroves

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17. cozened

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CHAPTER 4

18. swaddled

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19. benign

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20. legerdemain

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21. contemptuous

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22. coagulating

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23. lethargy  

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