"The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" Vocab Review

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Nebulae

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Cloud of gas and dust in outer space, visible as bright patch or dark silhouette.

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Dimension

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Derived physical quantity in terms of mass, length, time; aspect of a situation.

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Horizon

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Line where earth and sky meet; limit of perception.

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Reflective:

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Deep thought; thoughtful

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intelligible

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able to be understood; comprehensible

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Wonderment

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A state of awed admiration or respect

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Flustered

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Agitated or confused

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Optimism

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Hopefulness and confidence about the future

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Validity

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Quality of being logically or factually sound

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nonetheless

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in spite of that; nevertheless