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Vocabulary from Out of the Dust

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    vocabulary from student journals
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  • What does it mean to delay or postpone?
    defer
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  • What is the intrinsic nature of something; it's character or core?
    essence
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  • What does it mean to smother something?
    To suffocate, stifle, or suppress.
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  • Plants whose branches detach from the roots and roll in the wind are ________.
    tumbleweeds
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  • Another word for your mood or emotional or mental condition is your _________.
    State of mind
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  • Someone that lives or continues beyond or in spite of hardships is a _________.
    survivor
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  • Caught, snared
    trapped
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  • What is a prospect?
    Possible or probable future events or outcomes
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  • To glare with hostility; scowl
    glowered
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  • To become dry or thirsty because of heat or lack of water; scorched
    parched
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  • to prepare walls for painting, you would first add a coat of _____________________
    primer
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  • To prepare for a particular purpose
    prime
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  • To have a connection, an association with someone
    relationship
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  • Moving in an orderly, often formal way is a _______________________.
    procession
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  • Major internal change in an individual is a/an ___________________.
    personal transformation
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  • Blotches or patches of different colors are said to be _________________.
    mottled
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