Vocabulary and Concepts from Summer Jobs

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decline

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grow smaller

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striking

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having a quality that thrusts itself into attention

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hail

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greet enthusiastically or joyfully

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priggish

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exaggeratedly or self-righteously proper

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treacherous

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dangerously unstable and unpredictable

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stability

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the quality or attribute of being firm and steadfast

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blighted

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affected by something that prevents growth or prosperity

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brush

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contact with something dangerous or undesirable

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stern

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serious and harsh in manner or behavior

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annals

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a chronological account of events in successive years