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Vocabulary
16. PROFUSE: adj. a great abundance; bountiful
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“…the flowers were blossoming PROFUSELY and the grass was richly green” (Jackson 308).
 When the man rolled over my foot with his cart at the grocery store, he gave me PROFUSE apologies for injuring me.
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17. JOVIAL: adj. good-humored; jolly
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“He [Mr. Summers] was a round-faced, JOVIAL man and he ran the
 coal business, and people were sorry for him, because he had no children and his wife was a scold” (Jackson 309).
The mood was JOVIAL on the last day of school, with excited talk of freedom heard throughout the halls.
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18. PARAPHERNALIA: n, equipment or apparatus used in or necessary for a particular activity
 “The original paraphernalia for the lottery had been lost long ago, and the black box now resting on the stool has been put into use even before Old Man Warner, the oldest man in town, was born” (Jackson
309).
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Once they arrived at the lodge, the group unpacked all of their skiing paraphernalia quickly so they could hit the slopes before lunch time.
19. PERFUNCTORY: adj. characterized by routine

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“…there had been a recital of some sort, performed by the official of the lottery, a PERFUNCTORY, tuneless chant that had been rattled off duly each year…” (Jackson 310).
Our English class has a very PERFUNCTORY format – every
Monday we learn 5 new vocab words, we review them throughout the week, and we have a quiz every Friday.
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19. DEFIANT: adj. showing boldness
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“She hesitated for a minute, looking around DEFIANTLY [adverb]
 and then set her lips and went up to the box” (Jackson 315).
It was a DEFIANT move; Bobby wore a “Sox Stink” t-shirt to US
Cellular Field during the Cross-Town Classic, just to start a fight.
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