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12/14 Vocab Test
Scarlet Letter Lists (ya fat bastard)
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12/13/2005

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feign
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pretend; give false appearance
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fain
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gladly; willingly
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vivify
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to enliven
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repugnance
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extreme distaste
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exhortation
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a strong urging or pleading
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contumaciously
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obstinately
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caprice
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a whim; a sudduen change of mind
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perverse
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contrary; deviating from what is considered right
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reviled
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used abusive language toward someone
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gesticulation
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just another word that rhymes with "testiculation" (a gesturing)
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endue
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to put on; to dress in (i.e. Alan endued his man-thong. I just thought you should have that image while studying for vocab)
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expatiating
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explaining in great detail
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reproof
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blame or censure for a fault
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bedizen
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to dress or decorate in a showy way
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albeit
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even though
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indefeasible
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that cannot be taken away (that's what they wrote down, they're the dicks, don't blame me)
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mountebank
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one who entertains with jokes or tricks
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adduce
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to state or offer as reason, argument, or proof
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averred
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declared to be true
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vindicate
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to lay claim to; to maintain
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emaciated
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abnormally lean
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despondent
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lacking in hope; pessimistic
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importunate
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annoyingly persistent; insistent
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emissary
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a person sent on a special missin; agent
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expiation
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atonement (i.e. for getting feaky with a minister)
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prate
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to talk long and idly; chatter
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prolix
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wordy
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vixenly
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shrewishly; ill-tempered
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vicissitude
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the quality or state of being changeable; a fluctuation of state or condition
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tempestuous
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turbulent, stormy, uproar
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arduous
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hard to accomplish or achieve; strenuous
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sagaciously
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keen in sense perception; acute discernment
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vigilance
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the quality or state of being watchful and awake
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vigilance
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the quality or state of being watchful and awake
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alacrity
Definition
promptness in response; cheerful reasiness (i.e. He responded with alacrity when she told him to take off....)
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inveterately
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firmly established by long persistence; habitual
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palsied
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affected with uncontrollable tremors of the body or body parts
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actuates
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to move to action
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polemical
Definition
aggressive attack on or refutation of the principles or opinions of another; controversial
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evanescent
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tending to vanish like vapor; transient
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antiquarian
Definition
one who deals with old or rare books
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traversing
Definition
to go against or act in opposition to; oppose; thwart
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torpid
Definition
having lost motion or the power of exertion; lacking energy; dull; dormant
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imbecility
Definition
utter foolishness; nonsensical
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inefficacious
Definition
lacking the power to produce a desired effect; ineffective....(*cough cough* viagra *cough cough*)
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predilections
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a strong liking deriving from one's temperament or experience
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requisite
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essential, neccesary
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inauspicious
Definition
not favorable
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physiognomies
Definition
facial featues (I like your physiognomies)
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augered
Definition
to predict the future, especially from omens
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solemnity
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a formal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event
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ignominy
Definition
deep personal humiliation and disgrace; disgraceful or dishonorable conduct, quality, or action
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vied
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to strive for superiority
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contumely
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rude language or treatment arising from haughtiness and contempt
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remonstrance
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an earnest presentation of reasons for opposition or grievance
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eminence
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position of prominence or superiority
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your momma is so fat
Definition
when she jumped up in the air, she got stuck
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kinky
Definition
adj. kink·i·er, kink·i·est

1. Tightly twisted or curled: kinky hair.
2. Slang. Showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes, especially of a sexual or erotic nature: “his appetite for kinky filmmaking, unmitigated by any artistry” (John Simon).
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