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RL Turner 2009-2010 English Vocabulary
Vocab Week 16 RL Turner
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English
12th Grade
09/05/2009

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Fatuous
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foolish or insane, especially in an unconscious, complacent manner; silly
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Febrile
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pertaining to or marked by fever; feverish
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Furtive
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sly; shifty; secretive; covert
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Incredulous
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indicating or showing disbelief; skeptical
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Intermindable
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incapable of being terminated; unending; unceasing; incessant; having no limits
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Obliquely
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having a slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined
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Pernicious
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causing insidious harm or ruin; injurious; hurtful; deadly; fatal
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Sardonic
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characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering
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Ultimatum
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a final proposal or statement of conditions
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Writhe
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to twist the body about, or squirm, as in pain. To shrink mentally, as in acute discomfort
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