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2nd Semester Vocabulary
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English
10th Grade
04/07/2011

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belligerent
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warlike; given to waging war; hostile; aggressive
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esoteric
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difficult to understand; mean't for only a select few to understand
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superfluous
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excessive
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squalid
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foul and repulsive
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cantankerous
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disagreeable; irascible; quarrelsome
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somber
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gloomy or depressed; dark or dull in color; serious
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rampant
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without restraint
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solace
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something that comforts or relieves; to comfort or relieve
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commodius
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spacious and convient; roomy
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suppress
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to contain or keep inside
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explicit
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fully/clearly expressed
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acquiesce
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to agree or comply without protest
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capricious
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led impulse or whim
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officious
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offering someone help when it is unneeded; meddlesome
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meticulous
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precise or through
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insurrection
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rebellion
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pragmatic
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practical
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admonish
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to caution or gently scold
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lethargic
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lack or energy
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alchemy
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turning valueless medal to gold
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exacerbate
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aggravate
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cobble
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to mend; to put together clumsily
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malaprop
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substitution of a word for another word that sounds similar but results in the phrase making no sense
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cuckold
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husband with unfaithful wife
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expunge
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to remove
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avaricious
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greedy
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