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Midterm Exam
Trill - 1/14/2012
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English
10th Grade
01/12/2013

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To stoop to do something you think is unworthy of you
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Condescend
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A setting free bu judgement of a court; a release from a duty, obligation, etc.
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Acquittal
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Showing or feeling scorn
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Contemptous
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A belief different from accepted doctrine
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Heresy
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Coming after death
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Posthomous
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Friendly; agreeable; good-natured
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Amiable
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A face or facial expression; appearance
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Visage
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Unconquerable; Unyielding; not easily overcome
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Indomitable
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Lacking Mercy; insensitive; thick and hardened; having calluses
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Callous
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In the exact words; Following the original exactly
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Verbatim
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Military; suggesting war; warlike
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Martial
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A statement that may be true but that seems to say contradictory things
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Paradox
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Artisitc; having to do with art or beauty; sensitive to art and beauty
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Aesthetic
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Only average or ordinary; medium; neither good nor bad
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Mediocre
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To contain or include; surround
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Encompass
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An assumption; a fundamental truth or doctrine; to assume without proof
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Postulate
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Relentless; not capable of being calmed or appeased
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Implacable
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On which something turns or depends; crucial; vitally important
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Pivotal
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Unsafe; insecure; uncertain; dangerous
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Precarious
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To crowd around in order to ask for favors; to overwhelm; to enclose with armed forces.
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Besiege
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Freedom; scope
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Latitude
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Alert; watchful; wary
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Vigilant
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No longer in general use; old-fashioned; belonging to an erlier period; ancient
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Archaic
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To aid or assist with a grant of money; to support; to promote
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Subsidized
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A building or structure, especially an imposing or elaborate one
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Edifice
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To change into bone; to harden like bone; to become rigid, hardhearted or opposed to change
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Defunct
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Noticeably inadequate; scanty; lean; thin
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Meager
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Of or like the middle class __ often referring to a focus upon material things and respectability
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Bourgeois
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Juicy; not dry or dull; having fleshy plant tissue that conserves moisture; a plant that has much tissue
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Succulent
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Acceptable to the mind; pleasant tasting; fit to be eaten
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Palatable
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A fall from higher to lower; to pass gradually
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Lapse
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Relating to a simple county way of life; relating to shepherds; rural
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pastoral
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A necessity; a requirement
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Requisite
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Main idea of a story. Exposition, Foreshadowing, Conflict, etc.
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Plot
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The setting, circumstances, and main characters along with their relation.
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Basic Situation
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Most important moment; usually the turning point.
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Climax
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End of story; conclusion
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Resolution
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Writer makes direct statements about the characters personality.
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Direct characterization
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Writer information about a characters personality, what he/she is like etc.
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Indirect personalization
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Reason a character behaves a certain way or acts.
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Motiviation
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Deals with outside sources in a novel.
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Allsuion
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Irregular, not steady; uncertain
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Erratic
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Based on self-interest
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Expedient
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To make easier
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Facilitate
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