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vocabulary chapters 11-13
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10th Grade
10/27/2008
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multiplicity
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N. great variety
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opaque
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Adj. not transparent or translucent
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surmont
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V. to overcome difficulty
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dormant
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Adj. temporarily inactive
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slake (one's thirst)
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V. to satisy need
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purloined
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V. to steal something
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incommoded
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V. to cause inconvenience to somebody
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despondence
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N. a state of unhappiness
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disconsolate
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Adj. hoplessly sad, gloomy, dismal
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aught
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N. anything
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venerable
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Adj. revered, worthy of respect
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viands
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N. provisions, items of food
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enigmatic
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Adj. hard to understand
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poignantly
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Adv. sharply painful
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abstained
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V. to refrain from something
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dispositions
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N. personality, behavioral tendency
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arbiters
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N. somebody making judgement
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execration
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N. curse, something cursed
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verdure
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N. vegetation, freshness
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cadence
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N. rhythm, intonation
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purport
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N. sense
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declamatory
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Adj. spoken or written in a formal or theatrical style
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cursory
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Adj. very quick
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abject
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Adj. miserable
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squalid
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Adj. having a dirty or wretched appearance, morally repulsive
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intercourse
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N. sexual intercourse
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sallies
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N. a journy or excursion
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