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RL Turner 2009-2010 English Vocabulary
Vocab Week 5 RL Turner
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English
12th Grade
09/03/2009

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Affront
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a personally offensive act or word; deliberate act or display of disrespect: intentional slight, insult to offend, to make ashamed or confused, to embarrass.
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Blasé
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indifferent to or bored with life; unimpressed, as or as if from an excess of wordly pleasures
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Cajole
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to persuade by flattery or promises; wheedle, coax
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Choleric
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extremely irritable or easily angered
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Encumber
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to impede or hinder; hamper; retard. To burden or weigh down. To block up or fill up with what is obstructive or superfluous.
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Feckless
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ineffective; incompetent; futile. Having no sense of responsibility; indifferent; lazy.
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Impasse
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a position or situation from which there is no escape; deadlock
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Indolent
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having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion; slothful; slow; inactive; sluggish
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Lugubrious
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mournful, dismal, or gloomy, esp. in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner
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Ribald
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vulgar or indecent in speech, language, etc. ; coarsely mocking, abusive or irreverent; scurrilous
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