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condensed list of 30 days
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English
10th Grade
06/10/2007
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pariah
 Definition
outcast
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specious
 Definition
subtly false
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peremptory
 Definition
decisive and final
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poignant
 Definition
painfully moving
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unctuous
 Definition
bland and smugly smooth in pretense of concern
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persiflage
 Definition
a light flippant style of conversation
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abstemious
 Definition
sparing in the use of food and drink
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epigram
 Definition
a pithy saying that crystallizes a witty thought
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euphemism
 Definition
a pleasing expression used in place of one that is offensive
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scurrilous
 Definition
grossly offensive or vulgar
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parsimonious
 Definition
unnecessarily frugal
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uxorious
 Definition
follishly and fervently dotes on his wife
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profilgate
 Definition
"hates learning, wasteful"
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incongruous
 Definition
out of place
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recrimation
 Definition
changes retorted; abusive argument
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synedoche
 Definition
the individual representing the whole
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metonymy
 Definition
the whole representing the individual
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idiosyncracy
 Definition
a characterisitic peculiarality
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chicanery
 Definition
"mean, petty trickery"
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mainger
 Definition
to feign illness
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parvenu
 Definition
one who flaunts newly acquired wealth
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suave
 Definition
persuasive person
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phlegmatic
 Definition
lacking in emotion
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erudite
 Definition
book learned
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puerile
 Definition
a child on the inside
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peccadillo
 Definition
a slight sin
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punctillious
 Definition
worry-wart
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inconoclastic
 Definition
critic of government
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penury
 Definition
abject poverty
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imbroglio
 Definition
a complicated or embarassing situation
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braggadocio
 Definition
empty boasting
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antipathy
 Definition
an instinctive feeling of aversion or dislike
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supercillious
 Definition
believes he is superior
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compunction
 Definition
"qualms, regrets"
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melancholic
 Definition
seeks suicide
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ceraunophobia
 Definition
fear of thunder
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astraphobia
 Definition
fear of lightning
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ailurophobia
 Definition
fear of cats
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ophidiophobia
 Definition
fear of snakes
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martinet
 Definition
"believes in disipline, form, etiquette"
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sycophant
 Definition
"by insincere flattery, he tries to make rich people be his friends"
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tyro
 Definition
the apprentice
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philology
 Definition
study of language
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coquette
 Definition
flirtatious girl; delivers very little
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judas
 Definition
a sell-out
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amazon
 Definition
"tall, strapping, masculine girl"
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pedant
 Definition
one who makes an unnecessary show of his learning
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esthete
 Definition
"one who has fine taste, artistic flair"
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demagogue
 Definition
one who appeals to the prejudices and hatreds of the population to boost his power
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polyglot
 Definition
one who speaks many languages
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skintillate
 Definition
sparkle with wit or humor
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rusticate
 Definition
to stay in a country for an extened period of time
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impute
 Definition
"to attibute an act to someone, in a bad sense"
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deprecate
 Definition
to disapprove of the actions of someone
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patronize
 Definition
be condescending towards
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vegetate
 Definition
to live in a passive way
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mulct
 Definition
"deprive of possession injustly, think ""mulct! Mulct!"""
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expiate
 Definition
to make amends for a sin
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importune
 Definition
"beg for ceaselessly, beseech"
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termagant
 Definition
"nagging, overbearing woman"
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retribution
 Definition
"to get a reward, dispense punishment"
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precluded
 Definition
to make impossible
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