Unit 2: Novel Study: Tangerine, Saturday, November 4–Wednesday, December 6

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  1. horticulture
    the cultivation of plants
  2. capsize
    overturn accidentally
  3. congregate
    come together, usually for a purpose
  4. subdued
    restrained in style or quality
  5. retaliate
    make a counterattack and return like for like
  6. neglect
    fail to do something; leave something undone
  7. errand
    a short trip taken in the performance of a necessary task
  8. earnestly
    in a sincere and serious manner
  9. corrugated
    shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges
  10. amputate
    remove surgically
  11. brood
    think moodily or anxiously about something
  12. survey
    plot a map of (land)
  13. persistent
    never-ceasing
  14. deteriorate
    become worse or disintegrate
  15. mirage
    optical illusion in which hot air distorts distant objects
  16. recede
    become faint or more distant
  17. apparition
    a ghostly appearing figure
  18. nullify
    declare invalid
  19. restitution
    a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
  20. unanimous
    in complete agreement
  21. compel
    force somebody to do something
  22. oblige
    cause to be indebted
  23. unprecedented
    novel; having no earlier occurrence
Created on Tue Nov 10 11:31:34 EST 2020 (updated Tue Nov 17 09:13:02 EST 2020)

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