The Devil's Arithmetic Chap. 1-7 Vocabulary

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guttural

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from the throat

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compensation

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payment

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injustice

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an act that is not right or fair

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rousing

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exciting and lively

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cloying

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excessive to the point of being disgusting

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earnestness

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seriousness

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simultaneously

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at the same time

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conspiratorial

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plotting; done in secret

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efficiency

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performing a task well and quickly

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expansively

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widely; openly