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English Vocab List 10
vocab from Gatsby #2
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11th Grade
12/08/2010
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nebulous
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adj- vague
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meretricious
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adj- falsely attractive
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ineffable
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adj- indescribable
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florid
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adj- ruddy; red-faced
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dilatory
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adj- tending to delay
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caravansary
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n- an inn for caravans
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magnanimous
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adj- generous in overlooking injury, shortcoming, or insult
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precipitately
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adv- rushing headlong
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libertine
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n- one who is sexually promiscuous
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prig
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n- one who is morally uptight
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truculent
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adj- hostile
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redolent
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adj- smelling of
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garrulous
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adj- talkative
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amorphous
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adj- shapeless
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holocaust
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n- devastation
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adventitious
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adj- accidental; nonessential
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pasquinade
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n- lampoon
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ulster
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n- a long, loose, heavy overcoat
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pander
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v- to provide gratification for others' desires
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orgastic
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adj- relating to sexual climax
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