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Flocabulary - Shakespeare is Hip-Hop
SAT vocab.
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English
8th Grade
11/10/2010
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Quotidian
 Definition
daily, everyday
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Fey
 Definition
magical
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Gay
 Definition
happy, cheery, or homosexual
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Pervasive
 Definition
inclined to spread throughout
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Douse
 Definition
to drench, saturate
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Pliable
 Definition
flexible, bendable
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Neologism
 Definition
the creation of new words, or a new word
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Commendable
 Definition
worthy of praise
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Profuse
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abundant, lavish, prolific
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Abundant
 Definition
in great numbers
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Radiant
 Definition
bright, beaming
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Fecund
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fertile, fruitful
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Forestall
 Definition
to delay, impede
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Poach
 Definition
to hunt or fish illegally
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Fetter
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to restrain, chain, tie
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Figurative
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symbolic
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Myriad
 Definition
many, of great numbers
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Plethora
 Definition
a great number, an abundance
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Sacrosanct
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sacred, holy
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Fabricate
 Definition
to invent, make up, concoct
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Facile
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easy
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Fatuous
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silly, foolish
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Perfunctory
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showing little enthusiasm, done as duty
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Mandatory
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required, not optional
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Flaccid
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limp
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Flabbergasted
 Definition
astounded, stupefied
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Forage
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to rummage, scavenge, graze for food
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Licentious
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immoral, lewd
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Lewd
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vulgar, offensive, rude
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Profane
 Definition
indecent, blasphemous
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Fortuitous
 Definition
lucky, occurring by chance
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Serendipity
 Definition
the act of finding things not sought, luck
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Abrogate
 Definition
to abolish, often by authority
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Algid
 Definition
frigid, cold
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Brumal
 Definition
wintry, relating to winter
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Hiemal
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wintry, relating to winter
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Impecunious
 Definition
excessively poor
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Hapless
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unlucky
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Hiatus
 Definition
an interruption in continuity, a break
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Gregarious
 Definition
sociable, outgoing
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Inquisitor
 Definition
someone who asks questions or makes an inquiry
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Iniquity
 Definition
a wicked act, a sin
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Goad
 Definition
to urge, provoke
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Ingenious
 Definition
marked by special intelligence
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Subsist
 Definition
to live, exist
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Notoriety
 Definition
infamy, known in bad regard
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Blandish
 Definition
to coax through flattery
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Flattery
 Definition
compliments, sycophancy
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Innocuous
 Definition
harmless
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Neonate
 Definition
a newborn baby
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Incessant
 Definition
without interruption
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Narrate
 Definition
to tell a story
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Flout
 Definition
to scorn, ignore, show contempt for
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Pedagogue
 Definition
a schoolteacher
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Buffet
 Definition
to hit or strike
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