Tuck Everlasting: Chapters 1-4

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  1. tangent
    a line that touches a curve at only one point
  2. amble
    walk leisurely
  3. bovine
    any of various wild or domestic cattle
  4. contemplation
    a calm, lengthy, intent consideration
  5. oppressive
    weighing heavily on the senses or spirit
  6. forlorn
    marked by or showing hopelessness
  7. gallows
    an instrument from which a person is executed by hanging
  8. dimension
    a construct distinguishing objects or individuals
  9. trespassing
    gradually intrusive without right or permission
  10. melancholy
    a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
  11. tolerant
    showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
  12. rueful
    feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
  13. hysterical
    characterized by a state of violent mental agitation
  14. intrusion
    entrance by force or without permission or welcome
  15. grimace
    contort the face to indicate a certain mental state
  16. exasperated
    greatly annoyed; out of patience
  17. jaunty
    having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air
  18. marionette
    a figure operated from above with strings by a puppeteer
  19. remnant
    a small part remaining after the main part no longer exists
Created on Fri Aug 30 12:15:46 EDT 2013

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