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RL Turner 2009-2010 English Vocabulary
Vocab Week 3 RL Turner
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English
12th Grade
09/02/2009

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Avocation
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one's regular profession or an activity taken up in addition to one's proffesion (hobby)
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Capricious
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subject to, led by, or indicative of caprice or whim. Fanciful or witty.
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Disparity
Definition
lack of similarity or equality; difference
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Efficacy
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capacity for producing a desired result or effect; effectiveness
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Epistle
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a letter, esp. a formal or didactic one; written communication. One of the apostolic letters in the New Testament.
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Hospice
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a facility or program designed to provide a caring environment for supplying the physical and emotional needs of the terminally ill
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Impetus
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a moving force, impulse, stimulus
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Moribund
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in a dying state, near death. Not progresing or advancing, stagnant.
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Reticent
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disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved. Reluctant, restrained.
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Vacillate
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to waver in mind or opinion, be indecisive or irresolute. To sway unsteadily
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