The Veldt: vocab

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Appalled

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shocked

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Contraption

Back

A machine or device that appears unnecessarily complicated

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Persecuted

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Subjected to ill-treatment

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Relish

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great enjoyment

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Seeping

Back

to pass slowly through small openings

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Joviality

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cheerful and friendly

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Bemused

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Lost in thought

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Efficiency

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Doing something without wasting time or energy

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Recede

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to move back from an original position

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Insufferable

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very bad or unpleasant