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Quack Vocab for Pittman
Quack Vocab for Pittman
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English
12th Grade
05/14/2012
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garrulous
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talkative
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quagmire
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stuck in a rut situation
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unawares
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caught by surprise
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incongruous
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not appropiate
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beatific
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displaying joy
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surfeit
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excessive amount
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aloof
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distant and reserved
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noxious
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harmful
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myriad
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extremely large number
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vacillate
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swinging between one course of action and another
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nuance
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subtle; sameness
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chronic
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continuing for a long time
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harrowing
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frightening
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accentuate
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to stress and emphasize
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lassitude
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beat and tired
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somber
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gloomy
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suffrage
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right to vote
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cloister
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seculded
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docile
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yielding to authority and easily controlled
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accost
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to approach and speak boldly to
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truncate
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shorten by cutting off end
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baneful
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destructive
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circumspect
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prudent and cautious
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admonish
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to warn
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tantamount
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of equal value
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neologism
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new word or phrase
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respite
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period of rest
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capitulate
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surrender
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aphorism
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a concise and brief statement of truth
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confute
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to argue
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dexterous
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flexible with hands and body
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entice
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to lure
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indolent
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lazy
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perfunctory
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careless and unenthusiastic
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vapid
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dull

 
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visage
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face expression
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slovenly
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slob
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stolid
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showing lil emotion
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taciturn
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untalkitive by nature
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egregious
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extremly bad
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connoisseur
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expert
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coterie
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circle of close friends and associates
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chimerical
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far out and bizarre
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vertigo
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dizzy
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awry
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twisted
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asunder
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beneath
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raze
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teardown
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table
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postpone
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fallacious
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false
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blighted
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destroyed
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harried
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bothered
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impasse
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dead end
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aghast
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horrified
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irascible
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easily angered
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zeal
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enthusiasm
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milieu
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enviroment
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congenial
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pleasant
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berate
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scold severly
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arduous
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hard working
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boisterous
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rowdy
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foible
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weakness
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lacerate
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to rip and tear
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harangue
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mean and nasty
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exact
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to demand of
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abash
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to embarrass
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tact
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skill in dealing with people and situations
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uncouth
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crude and unrefined
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fetish
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an obsessive attachment
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phobia
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illogical fear
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masticate
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to chew
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laconic
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brief and concise
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malevolent
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devilish and sinister
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meander
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to wander
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apex
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tip
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nadir
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lowest point
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disseminate
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spread
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emaciated
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weak and thin
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puissant
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powerful and mighty
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citadel
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fortress overlooking a city
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atrophy
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wither away
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impede
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obstruct; delay
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askew
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to one side; crooked
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queue
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to form or wait in line
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accolade
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award; achievment
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torrid
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burning; hot; parched by sun
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trepidation
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fear and anxiety that causes trembling
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fraught
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causing emotional distress
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wane
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to decrease gradually
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oust
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to eject; to banish
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temerity
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recklessness; disregard for danger
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ornate
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elaborately decorated
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austere
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stern in manner; plain
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cerebral
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of or relating to brain
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incommodious
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lacking space
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noisome
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unpleasant; disgusting; offensive
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cacophony
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harsh; disturbing noise
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veritable
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actual truth
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verbatim
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word for word
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concurrently
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at the same time
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evade
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elude or avoid by running; fleeing from pursuer
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