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Joy of Vocabulary Part 15
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English
11th Grade
05/14/2012

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Alchemy
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medieval chemistry concerned with finding a way to change base metals into gold and a single cure for all diseases.
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baksheesh
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gift of money, tip, gratuity
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bellicose
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inclined to fight or quarrel, warlike
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carp
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find fault unreasonably, complain in a nagging way
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collation
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light meal
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cull
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select, pick out, choose
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demur
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object, take exception
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desuetude
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condition of no longer being used, disuse
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divert
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amuse, entertain, give pleasure to
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dun
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make repeated, insistent demands for payment
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empirical
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relying solely on observation or experience
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equivocate
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be deliberately ambiguous, use misleading terms so as not to commit oneself
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hypothetical
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based on or involving a hypothesis
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imprimatur
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authorization, sanction, approval
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ingenuous
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innocent and simple, artless, naive
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mendacious
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lying, untrue, deceitful
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panegyric
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high praise, either written or spoken, eulogy, tribute
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preen
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dress up, make oneself trim, neaten up, fuss in dressing
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pusillanimous
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lacking in courage, cowardly, timid
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quagmire
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wet boggy ground that gives way under the foot, difficult situation
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rue
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feel remorse for, wish undone, regret
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taciturn
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habitually disinclined to talk, silent, umcommunicative
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