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Inherit the Wind Act I Vocabulary Review
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Vocabulary Definitions Select the vocabulary word that corresponds to each of the following definitions.
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the remote or less developed parts of a country; back country
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Answer: Hinterland
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characterized by firmness, steadfastness, or loyalty
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Answer: Staunch
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to lie in or be exposed to a pleasant warmth; to enjoy a pleasant situation
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Answer: bask
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to smile, laugh, or contort the face in a manner that shows scorn or contempt. a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt expression
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Answer: sneer
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a railroad or bus station; a storehouse or warehouse, as a building where freight is deposited
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Answer: Depot
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great eloquence in speech
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Answer: Oratorical
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deeply agitated
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Answer: Distraught
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a person who does not accept a particular faith, especially Christianity
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Answer: Infidel
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having a kindly disposition disposition
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Answer: Benign
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to give up (an alleged fugitive or criminal) to another state or nation at its request.
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Answer: extradite
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a gloomy or threatening look
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Answer: Scowl
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disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious
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Answer: haughtily
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an officer, similar to a sheriff or a sheriff's deputy, employed to execute writs and processes, make arrests, keep order in the court
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Answer: Bailiff
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rank, unpleasant, and stale
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Answer: Rancid
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making claims or pretensions to superior importance or rights; overbearingly assuming; insolently proud
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Answer: Arrogant
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a paperboard sign or notice, as one posted in a public place or carried by a demonstrator or picketer. To publicize, announce, or advertise by means of placards.
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Answer: Placard
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ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of an unsophisticated person from a rural area.
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Answer: Caricatured rubes
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extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture; emaciated.
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Answer: Gaunt
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a small piece of luggage that can be carried by hand, used to hold clothing, toilet articles, etc.; suitcase; traveling bag.
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Answer: Valise
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anyone who does not conform to an established attitude, doctrine, or principle
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Answer: Heretic
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to step, walk, or trample so as to press, crush, or injure something. to set down the foot or feet in walking; step; walk set
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Answer: Tread
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the right to vote, especially in a political election
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Answer: Suffrage
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the male head of a family or tribal line line
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Answer: patriarch
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portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening
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Answer: Ominous
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having a large and protruding belly; potbellied
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Answer: Paunchy
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pure; unsullied; untouched
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Answer: virginal
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a leisurely walk or ramble; to stroll
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Answer: Saunter
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any of various lines or tackles for hoisting a spar, sail, flag, etc., into position for use.
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Answer: Halyards
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to chuckle gleefully/a gleeful chuckle
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Answer: Chortles
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equipment, apparatus, or furnishing used in or necessary for a particular activity
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Answer: Paraphernalia
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