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Bird Vocabulary #1
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English
12th Grade
03/12/2009

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Verbatim
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Adverb: in exactly the same words; word for word
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Autonomous
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adjective: self-governing; independent; subject to its own laws only
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Fallacious
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adjective: logically unsound
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Tenacious
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Adjective: holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold
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Quibble
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Noun: petty or carping criticism; a minor objection.
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guile
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noun: insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity
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Hyperbole
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noun: obvious and intentional exaggeration
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manifold
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adjective: of many kinds; numerous and varied
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pseudonym
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noun: a fictitious name used by an author to conceal his or her identity; pen name. Compare
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orthodox
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adjective: customary or conventional, as a means or method; established.
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gullible
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adjective: easily deceived or cheated
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narrate
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verb: to give an account or tell the story of
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primary
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adjective;: first or highest in rank or importance
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rabid
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adjective: irrationally extreme in opinion or pratice
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sordid
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Adjective: morally ignoble or base; vile; self seeking
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