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Midterm Vocabulary
Vocabulary for Mr. Hoffman's midterm exam
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English
11th Grade
12/16/2010

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evanescent
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fleeting; disappearing after a short time

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concupiscence
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lust or strong desire
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licentious
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sexually immoral
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comportment
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behavior
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sepulcher
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burial place; a vault; a container for relics
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auspicious
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looking good for the future; marked by lucky signs
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beadle
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minor church official; caretaker of church service and/or facilities
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physiognomy
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facial feature; physical appearance of something
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sumptuary
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regulating spending/expenditure or behavior
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rheumatic
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relating to or affecting with rheumatism (stiffness in joints/muscles)
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iniquity
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injustice or immorality; immoral act
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emience
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high position; a rank of distinction or superiority
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remonstrance
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argument; formal protest
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amenable
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willing to cooperate
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peremptory
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dictatorial; expecting to be obeyed
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efficacy
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effectiveness; the ability to produce the desired result
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paramour
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a lover, especially one in a relationship with a married person
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plebeian
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common or vulgar; having to do with the less sophisticated/cultivated
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ascetic
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austere; self-defying
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repugnance
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strong disgust
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succor
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help, assistance, support
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imbibe
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to drink; to absorb; to take in
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insidous
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treacherous; deceitful; lying in wait or seeking to entrap
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talisman
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magical object; something with magic power; luck charm
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inscrutable
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mysterious; not expressed clearly, hard to interpret
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imbue
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filled with a particular quality; soaked
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epoch
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significant period of time; beginning of a long period of history
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sprite
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supernatural elfin creature; ghost; apparition
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enmity
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hatred; hostility
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gesticulation
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gesture; movements with the arms or hands
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