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COW Vocab 1
COW Vocab 1
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English
10th Grade
12/05/2010

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1.    infallible
Definition
absolutely trustworthy or sure
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2.    nonchalance
Definition
cool indifference or lack of concern
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3.    intently
Definition
earnestly; intensely
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4.    motley
Definition
exhibiting great diversity of elements
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5.    unkempt
Definition
messy or uncared for
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6.    dowry
Definition
the money, goods, or estate that a wife brings to her husband at marriage.
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7.    jibe
Definition
to shift from one side to the other when running before the wind, as a fore-and-aft sail or its boom.
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8.    fraught
Definition
filled with (has a negative connotation) "She was fraught with grief when he died."
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9.    ruse
Definition
a scheme, act or trick to fool someone
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10.           tyranny
Definition
oppressive or unjustly severe government on the part of any ruler.
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11.           bourgeois
Definition
belonging to, characteristic of, or consisting of the middle class.
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12.           emulate
Definition
to try to be like someone or something else that you admire
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13.           balefully
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full of menacing or malign influences
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14.           convoluted
Definition
complicated; intricately involved "a convoluted way of describing a simple device."
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15.           doted
Definition
(usually fol. by on or upon ): "They dote on their youngest daughter."
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