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Ceasar Vocabulary
Nemec English II
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English
10th Grade
03/31/2011

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Profess
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To declare openly, announce; To lay claim to.
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Prodigious
Definition
Wonderful, magnificant; Monstrous, abnormal.
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Redress
Definition
Compensate, correct; The setting of right of what is wrong.
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Construe
Definition
To give the meaning or intention of; Explain; Interpret.
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Heralds
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A person or thing that announces; Royal or official messenger; Forerunner.
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Surly
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Hostile; Menacing, threatening; Childishly rude; Arrogant.
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Feeble
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Frail; Physically weak. [Intelectually, morally] Lacking in force, strength, or effectiveness.
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Cogitations
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A thought, design, or plan; Concentrated thought or reflection.
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Infirmity
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A physical weakness; Lack of strength; Moral weakness or failing.
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Obscurely
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Not clear; Abstract, vague; Dull, darkish; To conceal; To make dark.
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Conception
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A notion, idea; Fertilization.
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Soothsayer
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A person who professes to foretell events.
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Barren
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Unproducing; Sterile; Fruitless; Without capacity to interest or attract.
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Perilous
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Involving or full of grave risk or peril; Hazardous; Dangerous.
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Ghastly
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Shockingly frightful or dreadful; Horrible.
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