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Coval Vocabulary 2
week 2
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English
12th Grade
02/09/2009

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Indignant
Definition
displeased with something deemed unworthy
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Festooned
Definition
strung up like a ribbon
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Vicissitudes
Definition
any changes or variations in something
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Incredulous
Definition
skeptical
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Declivities
Definition
downward slopes
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Inscrutable
Definition
incapable of being searched into
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Solemnity
Definition
earnestness, gravity, impressiveness
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Decorum
Definition
properness of speech, behavior, dress
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Inarticulate
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not uttered or emitted with expressive or intelligible sounds
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Temptuous
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turbulent, tumultuous
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Incantation
Definition
the chanting or uttering of words thought to have magical powers
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Improvise
Definition
to prepare hastily
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taut
Definition
tightly drawn, tense, not slack
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Oblong
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elongated usually from the square or circular form
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Interminable
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unending
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Diffident
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lacking confidence in ones own ability
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Leviathan
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a sea monster, something large or formidable
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Plinth
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a square base or a lower block
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