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Rukowicz Vocab Quiz 9.25
Vocaboulary Words
25
English
10th Grade
09/22/2009
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flimsy
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thin typing paper made for making carbon copies
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convoluted
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intricate, twisted
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reveling
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taking great pleasure
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grimace
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twisted facial expression
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deftness
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skillfulness
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imperceptibly
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in such a slight way as to be almost unnoticable
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interminable
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seemingly endless
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rubicund of visage
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having a red complexion
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doughty
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brave; valiant
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maligned
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to speak ill of; to speak bad of
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credulity
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tendency to belive too readily, or too easliy
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prosaic
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commonplace; ordinary
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avaricious
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greedy for riches
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furtively
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secretly; stealthily
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antimacassar
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small cover on the arms or back of a chair or sofa to prevent it from getting dirty or soiled
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simian
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monkeylike
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zenith
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highest point
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countenance
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expression on a person's face
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veracity
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truthfulness; honesty
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guileless
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without slyness or cunning
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prodigious
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enormous
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conspicuously illustrious
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very, very famous; outstandingly famous
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sublimity
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noble or exulted state
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gazetted
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officially promoted
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cornet
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British cavalry officer who carried his troop's flag
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