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lesson 1-2 vocab
vocab words test
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English
12th Grade
08/27/2008
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cognate
 Definition
the same origin
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forthright
 Definition
directly honesty
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inflection
 Definition
change of pitch or tone
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orthography
 Definition
the study of letters
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paradigm
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model of viewing things
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philology
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study of history of language
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rejoiner
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witty response
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rhetoric
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exaggerated speech
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succinct
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expressed in a few words
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syntax
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arrangement of words
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belie
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decieve
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clandestine
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secretive meetings (clan)
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disingenous
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pretending to be unaware or unsophisticated
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dissemble
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to hide ones feelings
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nefarious
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to be crimeful
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perfidious
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disloyal
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probity
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to be good
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scrupulous
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strict princibles
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spurious
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false; fake; not genuine
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phonology
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the sound system of language
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