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Edgar Alln Poe
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English
12th Grade
05/15/2014

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Intemperance
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Excessive of a passion, “I’m Intemperate with music”
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Infidelity
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Not loyal, Untrustworthy.
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Perverse
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Stubborn, willfully opposing what is right. “You’re arguing just to be perverse”
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Gossamer
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Flimsy, light material. Ex. butterfly wings, cobwebs.
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Sagacious
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Wise in handling practical matters; common sense.
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Peculiar
Definition
odd, strange. “New York is a peculiar place compared to Kentucky
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Conspicuous
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Easily seen, obvious. “I’m very conspicuous when I try to be sneaky, so I should be honest instead.”
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Disposition
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Current mood or personality “My disposition changes when I drink alcohol.”
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Docility/Docile
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Passive. -Everybody has levels of docility, but a docile personality is someone completely Docile.
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Intellect
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The ability to think, reason, and learn. “Here at Harvard we expect great levels of intellect.” “I’m not a very intellectual person. I’m more sagacious.”
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Succinct
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Precise and on point “Make sure the news article is strictly succinct.”
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Phantasm
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Something apparently seen but having no physical reality; an unreal mental image. “This new drug makes me phantasmal.”
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