Unit 5: Novel Study: The Jungle, Chapters 1–6

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  1. precipitate
    bring about abruptly
  2. frenetic
    fast and energetic in an uncontrolled or wild way
  3. reel
    revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
  4. emit
    give off, send forth, or discharge
  5. consume
    take in as food
  6. desolate
    providing no shelter or sustenance
  7. capacity
    capability to perform or produce
  8. uncanny
    surpassing the ordinary or normal
  9. immaculate
    completely neat and clean
  10. occupy
    live in (a certain place)
  11. sum
    a quantity of money
  12. incessantly
    without interruption
  13. laborious
    characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
  14. task
    any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
  15. cursory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
  16. graft
    the practice of offering something for an illegal advantage
  17. consumption
    a lung disease involving progressive wasting of the body
Created on Wed Dec 02 16:24:21 EST 2020 (updated Thu Dec 10 09:14:51 EST 2020)

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