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Mrs. Draper's Vocab 1A
Vocab List 1a
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English
12th Grade
09/01/2009

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Adjunct

(Sentance)

Definition

The test manual was an               

provided free with purchases of the new textbook series.

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Bellwether

(Sentance)

Definition
When their                    was captured, the mob disbanded.
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Caterwaul

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Definition
The desperate survivors               about their suffering.
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Chimerical

 (Sentance)

Definition
They proposed yet another             get-rich-quick schemes.
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Effete

(Sentance)

Definition
The                 society was once a thriving and vigorous one.
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Adjunct

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Definition
Noun and Adjective.
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Bellwether

(POS)

Definition
Noun.
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Caterwaul

(POS)

Definition
verb and noun.
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Chimerical

(POS)

Definition
Adjective.
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Effete

(POS)

Definition
Adjective
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Adjunct

(Noun Deff)

Definition
Something added to something else as helpful or useful but not essential; an assistant or helper; a valuable quality or characteristic.
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Bellwether

( Noun Deff)

Definition
The male sheep that leads the flock to the slaughterhouse; a leader as in a desperate or violent undertaking; an indicator of trends.
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Adjunct

Definition
Added or connected in a subordinate capacity; attached to a faculty or staff in an auxiliary capacity.
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Chimerical

(Adjective Deff)

Definition
absurd; wildly fantastic;  impossible.
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Effete

(Adjective Deff)

Definition
lacking in wholesome vigor or energy; worn-out or exhausted; sterile or unable to produce; out-of-date.
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Caterwaul

(Verb Deff)

Definition
to howl or screech like a cat; to quarrel.
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Caterwaul

(Noun Deff)

Definition
A harsh or noisy cry; a racket.
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Fait accompli

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Definition
The proud generals confidently declared the fall of the rebel stronghold a __________.
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Hidebound

(Sentance)

Definition
The _______ administrators stood by the outdated ways of previous administrations.
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Hierarchy

(sentance)

Definition
Within the governmental _______, the voice of the junior senator was not a powerful one.
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Liturgy

(sentance)

Definition
The _____ has been modernized.
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Mirage

(sentance)

Definition
Decieved by a ______, the desert travelers perked up at the thought of water and shade.
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Fait Accompli

(POS)

Definition
Noun
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Hidebound

(POS)

Definition
Adjective
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Hierarchy

(POS)

Definition
Noun
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Liturgy

(POS)

Definition
Noun
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Mirage

(POS)

Definition
Noun
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Fait Accompli

(noun deff)

Definition
An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed, fact, or action.
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Hierarchy

(Noun Deff)

Definition
Any system of things or people arranged or graded one above another in order of rank,wealth,class, ect..
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Liturgy

(Noun deff)

Definition
A religious service or rite; the form of ritual or other acct of public worship.
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Mirage

(Noun Deff)

Definition
Southing illusory, without substance, or without a basis in reality; an illusion.
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Hidebound

(Adj. Deff)

Definition
narrow-minded and rigid, espically in opinions or prejudices; stubbornly and unthinkingly conservative.
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