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RL Turner 2009-2010 English Vocabulary
Vocab Week 6 RL Turner
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English
12th Grade
09/04/2009

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Adulation
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to show excessive admiration or devotion to; flatter or admire servilely
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Censure
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strong or vehement expression of disapproval; an official reprimand
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Dissemble
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to give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth or real nature of
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Dissimulation
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to disguise under a feigned appearance: to conceal one's true feelings or intentions
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Droll
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amusing in an odd way, whimsically humorous, waggish
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Expectorate
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to eject or expel matter from the throat or lungs by coughing or hawking and spitting
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Palpate
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to examine by touch, especially for the purposes of diagnosing disease or illness
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Peremptory
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leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal; emperative, imperious, dictatorial
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Pussillanimous
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lacking courage or resolution; cowardly, faint-hearted; timid. Proceeding from or indicating a cowardly spirit.
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Surfeit
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excess; an excessive amount. An uncomfortably full or crapulous feeling due to excessive eating or drinking. General disgust caused by excess or satiety.
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