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English
9th Grade
06/05/2014

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contumacious
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disobedient to authority (contumax=insolent)
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loquacious
Definition
talkative; tend to talk a lot (loqui=to speak)
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mendacious
Definition
not telling the truth; lying (mendax=lying)
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pervicacious
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stubborn, willful to conquer (pen=through) (vicax=conquer)
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perspicacious
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having a ready insight to understanding things (perspicene=to look through)
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pugnacious
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eager/quick to argue (pugane=to fight)
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rapacious
Definition
aggressively greedy/grasping (rapene=to sseize)
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veracious
Definition
speaking the truth (venus=true)
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vivacious
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attractively lively and animated (vivene=to live)
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voracious
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wanting/devouring great quantities of food (vonane=to devour)
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anachronism
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appropriate to an older time period (ana=back) (chronos=time)
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