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RL Turner 2009-2010 English Vocabulary
Vocab Week 2 RL Turner
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English
12th Grade
09/02/2009

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Admonish
Definition
to caution, advise, or counsel against something. to reprove or scold, esp. in a mild and good-willed manner. to urge to a duty; remind.
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Akimbo
Definition
hands on the hips and the elbows bowed outward. Being in a bent, bowed, or arched position.
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Lassitude
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Weariness of body or mind from strain, oppressive climate; lack of energy; listlessness; languor; a condition of indolent indifference
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Licentious
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unrestrained by law or general morality; lawless; immoral
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Muse (noun AND verb)
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Verb: to think or meditate in silence, as on some object
Noun: the goddess/power regarding a poet, artist, thinker, or the like.
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Pecuniary
Definition
of or pertaining to money
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Plight
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a condition, state, or situation, esp. an unfavorable or unfortunate one
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Presumptuous
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unwarrantedly or impertinently bold; forward
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Subversive
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traitorous, treacherous, seditious, destructive
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Vacuous
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without content; empty; lacking in ideas or intelligence
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