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Chapter 1 Vocabulary Workshop
level H
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English
10th Grade
09/25/2008

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adjunct
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something added to something else as helpful but not necessary; additional
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bellwether
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the male sheep that leads the flock to the slaughterhouse; an indicator of trends; a leader of a violent undertaking
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caterwaul
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to howl or screech like a cat
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chimerical
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impossible, absurd, wildly fantastic
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effete
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lacking in wholesome vigor, worn-out; sterile
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fait accompli
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an accomplished and presumably irreversible fact, deed or action
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hidebound
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narrow-minded and rigid, espec. in opinions
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hierarchy
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any system of things or people ordered by rank, one above another
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liturgy
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a religious service or rite
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mirage
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an illusion; something without substance or a basis in reality
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morass
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a patch of low, soft, wet ground
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noisome
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offensive or disgusting; foul-smelling; harmful
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oblivious
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forgetful; unaware
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poltroon
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a base coward
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proselyte
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a convert, a disciple
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quasi
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resembling but not actually being; seemingly but not actually
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raillery
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good-humored ridicule, teasing
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ribald
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irreverently mocking, coarse or vulgar in language
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supine
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lying flat on one's back
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vignette
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a short description or sketch
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