farewell to manzanar chapters 12-22 vocab

Set: farewell to manzanar chapters 12-22 vocab

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	Term	Definition
	acquiescence	passive or unprotesting agreement
	alluvial	formed from sediment deposited by flowing water
	amorphous	shapeless
	appalling	causing distress and fear
	appendage	something added or attached
	assent	to agree
	benevolent	kind
	blanched	drained of color;whitened
	capitulate	to give up
	conjure	to call up, as if by magic
	desolation	barrenness; abandoment
	foment	to cause to grow; incite
	gaudiness	tasteless showiness
	guileless	free of deceit or cunning
	inaudible	not able to be heard
	incongruous	inconsistent or incompatible
	inevitable	impossible to avoid
	intangible	incapable of being perceived by the senses
	interim	period of time between events
	intuitively	in a manner based on insight rather than logic
	ludicrous	ridiculous
	mortified	deeply embarrassed or ashamed
	overt	easy to observe
	pothumous	occuring after death
	premonition	an inner sense of forboding
	rapt	deeply absorbed
	rescind	to reverse or cancel
	sedate	serene and dignified
	semblance	an outward appearance
	subside	to sink to a normal level
	subterranean	underground
	sustenance	nourishment
	tenacious	persistent; holding strong
	unscathed	unhurt
	valediction	farewell speech
	volition	free will
	vulnerable	able to be hurt
	caravan	a group of travelers journeying togehter in a specific type of transportation
	obelisk	a tapering, four sided shaft of stone

nraynor : Changed obelisk (ahbolisk) → a tapering, four sided shaft of stone to obelisk → a tapering, four sided shaft of stone

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