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alienated
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to cause to be withdrawn or detached, as from one's society
They clearly felt alienated and even unwelcome in a vital part of their community. |
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aping
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a person who imitates; mimics
My mother scolded me for aping his speech, and the one time I attempted to make light of her I rated a roundhouse smake on my bottom. |
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bounty
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a reward, premium, or allowance, esp. one given by a government for killing certain harmful animals, raising certain crops, ect.
She greatly esteemed the bounty with her eyes, and my sister and I did also, but despite our desirous cries she'd turn us away. |
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deft
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skillful in a quick, sure, and easy way
We ventured downtown in the new Ford Country Squire my father had bought her, an enormous station wagon that seemed as long-and deft-as an ocean liner. |
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descendants
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a person who is an offspring, how ever remote, of a certain ancestor,family, group, ect.
We lived in New Rochelle, New York, in the early 1970's and most of the local businesses were run by the descendants of immigrants who, generations ago how to become to the suburbs from New York City |
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exacting
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making severe or excessive demands; not easily satisfied; strict
But having been raised in a Korean immigrants family I saw every day the exacting price and power of language especially with my mother who was it outsider in an English only world |
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harrowing
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to draw a harrow over (land) to cause mental disorder to; torment
One day was unusually harrowing. |
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loathed
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to feel intense, dislike, disgust, or hatred for, abhor; detest
I mostly loathed the task, partly because it meant I couldnt spend afternoon playing catch with my friends but also because I need to our errands would and Bailey will lead to an awkward seeing and that I would have to speak up to help my mother |
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proliferation
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to produce or create in profusion
When I read of the trouble in Palisades park, new Jersey, over the proliferation of Korean-language signs along its Main commercial strip, I unexpectedly sympathized with the frustration, resentment, and fears of the long time residents |
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resolved
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firm and fixed in purpose; determined; resolute
I resolved the problem between my friend and I |
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sundry
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Various miscellaneous divers sun-dry items of clothing
I put my clothes to send right outside on the nice summer day |
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Wails
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To express gracefully or pain by long loud cries
I had spent kindergarten almost complete silence hearing only the high novelty of my teacher and comprehending little but the cranky wails and cries of my classmates |
