vocab by brianna cherfils https://padlet.com/briannacherfils/gnd9nm35dzye en-us 2015-09-18 13:41:17 UTC 2015-10-23 00:12:04 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.storage.googleapis.com/portrait/smiley.jpg bellicose  briannacherfils https://padlet.com/briannacherfils/gnd9nm35dzye/wish/70953404 inclines to start quarrels or war

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ron artest was perceived as a bellicose basketball player,he was ejected from the game often for fighting

]]> 2015-09-18 13:43:02 UTC https://padlet.com/briannacherfils/gnd9nm35dzye/wish/70953404 belligerent briannacherfils https://padlet.com/briannacherfils/gnd9nm35dzye/wish/70955135 angry and aggressive

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the police officers were forced to arrest the drunk and belligerent man

]]> 2015-09-18 13:48:16 UTC https://padlet.com/briannacherfils/gnd9nm35dzye/wish/70955135 antebellum briannacherfils https://padlet.com/briannacherfils/gnd9nm35dzye/wish/70956181 existing before war;especially the american civil war

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the antebellum period in america was a time of conflict because the nation divided by the issue of slavery

]]> 2015-09-18 13:50:57 UTC https://padlet.com/briannacherfils/gnd9nm35dzye/wish/70956181 casus belli  briannacherfils https://padlet.com/briannacherfils/gnd9nm35dzye/wish/70959141 a situation or event that causes or is the pretext of starting a war or conflict

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in medieval times throwing down a gauntlet before your enemy was often viewed as a casus belli or insult

]]> 2015-09-18 13:58:53 UTC https://padlet.com/briannacherfils/gnd9nm35dzye/wish/70959141 luminary briannacherfils https://padlet.com/briannacherfils/gnd9nm35dzye/wish/70960681 a person who is widely known

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jameis winston is a luminary in the world of college football

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after shining their flashlight towards the cat its luminous eeyes startled the children

]]> 2015-09-18 14:06:24 UTC https://padlet.com/briannacherfils/gnd9nm35dzye/wish/70961974 elucidate briannacherfils https://padlet.com/briannacherfils/gnd9nm35dzye/wish/70964917 to make something clear or easy to understannd

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to make life easy for his students,Mr McWashington provides intense review sessions to elucidate the comlplex problems before each test

]]> 2015-09-18 14:14:09 UTC https://padlet.com/briannacherfils/gnd9nm35dzye/wish/70964917 pellucid briannacherfils https://padlet.com/briannacherfils/gnd9nm35dzye/wish/70966212 very clear

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the pellucid water of the islands beachers made the family dread returning home to their murky beach in south shore,wisconsin

]]> 2015-09-18 14:17:46 UTC https://padlet.com/briannacherfils/gnd9nm35dzye/wish/70966212 confidant briannacherfils https://padlet.com/briannacherfils/gnd9nm35dzye/wish/71244551 a trusted friend you could talk to about personal and private things

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my sister is my confidant my heart my everything

]]> 2015-09-21 13:55:12 UTC https://padlet.com/briannacherfils/gnd9nm35dzye/wish/71244551 BRIANNA CHERFILS briannacherfils https://padlet.com/briannacherfils/gnd9nm35dzye/wish/71247225 2015-09-21 14:04:13 UTC https://padlet.com/briannacherfils/gnd9nm35dzye/wish/71247225