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Ms. Means 1st hour vocab
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English
10th Grade
12/18/2012

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ovation
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(n) an enthusiastic public welcome, an outburst of applause
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petty
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(adj) unimportant, trivial; narrow-minded; secondary in rank, minor
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plight
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(n) a sorry condition or state; (v) to pledge, promise solemnly
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repent
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(v) to feel sorry for what one has done or has failed to do
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reverie
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(n) a daydream; the condition of being lost in thought
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scan
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(v) to examine closely; to look over quickly fut throrughtly; to analyze the rhythm of a poem; (n) an examination
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strand
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(n) a beach or shore; a string of wire, hair, etc.; (v) to drive or run aground; to leave in a hopeless position
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strife
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(n) bitter disagreement; fighting, struggle
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topple
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(v) to fall forward; to overturn, bring about the downfall of 
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revocation
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(n) an act or instance of calling back, an annulment, cancellation
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