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Cruicble Vocab
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English
11th Grade
10/07/2008

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Term

effrontery

Definition

audacity; insulting; boldness

 

Term
beguile
Definition
delude; cheat; divert
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avidly
Definition
enthusically
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perplexed
Definition
bewildered; puzzled; confused
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adamant
Definition
firm in purpose or opinion; unyielding
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idignant
Definition

angry at something unworth,

unjust, unfair, or mean

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contentious
Definition
quarrelsome
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audible
Definition
able to be heard
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remorselessly
Definition

mercilessly; have no pity

or compassion

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statutes
Definition
an established rule
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lechery
Definition

promiscuity

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manifest
Definition

appartent to the senses

or the mind; obivious

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tainted
Definition
having a moral defect; infected
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comdemnation
Definition
severe reproof; strong censure
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reprieve
Definition
postponement or puinshment
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calamity
Definition

diaster

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meancigly
Definition
threateningly
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blasphemy
Definition

an irreverent or impious

act or utterance

Term
anonymity
Definition
with no name known
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pallor
Definition
extreme paleness
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sarcastical
Definition

a sheering or cutting

remark

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daft
Definition
silly; insane
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qualm
Definition

a sudden, brief feeling of

sickness, faintness

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pretense
Definition
a claim; pretension; a false calim
Term
allegiance
Definition

the duty of being loyal to

one's ruler, country, etc.

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incredulously
Definition
unwilling to believe
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indictment
Definition
to charge with a crime
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penitence
Definition

sorry for having sone wrong

and wililng to atone

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base
Definition

having low moral standards;

contemplible; inferior

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providence
Definition
work of divine direction
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contemplation
Definition
thoughtful observation or meditation
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transfixed
Definition

rendered motionless with terror,

amazement or awe

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ineplty
Definition
awkwardly
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contemptuous
Definition
scornful; disdainful
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fraud
Definition

deliberate deception for unfair

or unlawful gain

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