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Napiorkowska Vocab 6
Napiorkowska Vocab 6
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English
11th Grade
11/09/2009

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abject
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adj. degraded;
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agnostic
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n. a skeptic; adj. without faith, skeptical
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complicity
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n. involvement in wrongdoing;
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derelict
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n. someone or something that is abandoned or neglected;
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diatribe
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n. a bitter and prolonged verbal attack
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effigy
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n. a crude image of a despised person
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equity
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n. the state or quality of being just, fair, or impartial;
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inane
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adj. silly
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indictment
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n. a formal accusation
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indubitable
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adj. certain
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intermittent
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adj. sporadic
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moot
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adj. open to discussion and debate, unresolved;
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motif
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n. a principal idea, feature, theme, or element;
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neophyte
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n. a beginner, novie
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perspicacity
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n. keenness in observing and understanding
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plenary
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adj. absolute; attended by all qualified members
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surveillance
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n. careful, close, and disciplined observation
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sylvan
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adj. pertaining to or characteristic of forests;
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testy
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adj. easily irritated
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travesty
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n. a false, absurd, or distorted representation of something
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