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                                                   Vocabulary: fall list #2 Faith- trust or confidence in someone or something Threshold- wood, metal, or stone forming the bottom of a doorway or entering a house or room Tarry- of, like, or covered, with tar Resolve- find a solution to (a problem, dispute, or contentious matter). Discern- recognize, notice, see, etc.. Martyr- person who is killed, because of their religious or other beliefs Mirth- cheerfulness, exhilaration Catechism- principles, christian religion in form of questions & answers Pious- religious, godly Frenzy- wild behavior, madness

                                                      vocabulary:Fall list #1   Theme- central or main idea of a text Tone- authors attitude toward the subject Mood- readers emotion Diction- the words that the author uses Syntax- the way the author puts the words together Stupid- having or showing a great lack of intelligence or common sence Adumbrate- foreshadow, determine Apotheosis- culmination or climax Ascetic- characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe abstention Bauble- a small, showy  trinket or decoration Beguile- (someone), sometimes in a deceptive way Burgeon- begin to grow or increase rapidly Complement- a thing that completes or brings to perfection Contumacious- defendants behavior Curmudgeon- a bad tempered or surly Didactic- educational, instructive, etc...

                                      Vocabulary:Fall List #4      intermittent- not continuous or steady.     Ebb- retreat, decrease, weaken     regress- return to a former or less developed state.    tendency- an inclination toward a particular characteristic or type of behavior.    antiseptic- colorless, soulless, sickly, deathly. 

                Vocabulary: Fall List #3 Coherent- logical, reasoned  Belador- attack or assault physically or verbally Eschew- deliberately avoid using; abstain from Acquisitive- interested in acquiring money or material things Emulate- a person or achievement typically by imitation Banal- to be obvious and boring Excoriation- a harsh criticism Congeal- solidly or coagulate Carping- difficult to please; critical Substantiate- provide evidence to support or prove the truth of Temporize- avoid making a decision or committing oneself in order to gain time Largesse- generosity in bestowing money or gifts upon others Tenable- to be maintained or defended against attack or objection Insatiable- impossible to satisfy Reconnaissance- to locate an enemy or a ascertain strategic features Germane- relevant to a subject under consideration Ramify- to spread or branch out Intransigent- reserved or uncommunicative