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Beowulf vocab.
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English
10th Grade
12/15/2008

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Indolent
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averse to activity, effort, or movement. Lazy
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Insidious
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A) awaiting a chance to entrap B) harmful but enticing
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Din
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A loud continued noise
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Cantankerous
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difficult or irritating to deal with
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Transient
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Passing especially quickly into and out of existence
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Ebullient
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Having or showing liveliness or enthusiasm
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Glean
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To gather information bit by bit
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Conspicuous
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Obvious to the eye or mind
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Affliction
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the cause of being in persistent pain or distress
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Sanguine
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Consisting of or relating to blood; Cheerfulness
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Perspicacity
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Of acute mental vision or discernment
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Indigent
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Suffering from poverty (having no home)
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Doppelganger
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A ghostly counterpart of a living person
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Snood
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Of or relating to serum (liquid syrup)
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Kine
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Cow
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Serous
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Of thin watery constitution
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Objurgate
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A harsh rebuke
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Lam
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To beat soundly (lambaste)
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Belie
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To present an appearance not in agreement or to give a false impression
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Churlish
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Marked by a lack or civility of graciousness or rude
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Furlong
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a unit of distance equal to 220 yards.
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Winsome
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Generally pleasing and engaging often because of childlike charm and innocence
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Cleave
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To split
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Dearth
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Scarcity that makes dear
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