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10th Grade
01/26/2009

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Term
vacuous
Definition
1. showing no intelligence or thought
2. having no meaning or direction; empty
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wanton
Definition
1. reckless, heartless, or malicious; without reason or excuse
2. not moral; lewd, lascivious;
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yielding
Definition
1. not resisting; compliant
2. not stiff or rigid; easily bent or shaped
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acclaim
Definition
1. to welcome with loud approval; praise highly
2. a shout or show of approval
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bemoan
Definition
to moan about or weep for; mourn
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chaff
Definition
1. the stiff strawlike part of grains such as wheat, oats, rye
2. to make good-natured fun of someone
3. worthless material; detritus
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defalcate
Definition
to steal or misuse money or property entrusted to one's care
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unwitting
Definition
not knowing; unaware; unintentional
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virtuoso
Definition
1. a person skilled in the techniques of an art, esp. playing a musical instrument; by extension, a person with a cultivated appreciation of artistry
2. showing mastery in artistic skills
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erstwhile
Definition
Former
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toady
Definition
1. a fawning flatterer; humble dependent
2. to attempt to gain favor by fawning or being servile
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osteopath
Definition
a practitioner specializing in treatment chiefly by manipulation of the bones and muscles
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tome
Definition
a large, often scholarly, book
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froward
Definition
not easily managed; contrary
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expurgate
Definition
to remove objectionable words or passages from a document
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interminable
Definition
so long as to seem endless; never stopping
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consternation
Definition
sudden dread or paralyzing terror
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tautological
Definition
unnecessarily or uselessly repetitive
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ellipsis
Definition
three dots used to show an omission in writing or printing; the omission of a word or words in text
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nocuous
Definition
very hurtful; noxious
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peculate
Definition
to steal money or goods entrusted to one; embezzle
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declaim
Definition
to orate; to speak in a loud and emotional manner
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openhanded
Definition
1. giving freely; generous
2. done with an open hand
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hidebound
Definition
narrow-minded and stubborn
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sanguine
Definition
1. cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident
2. reddish; ruddy
3. (in old physiology) having blood as the predominating humor and consequently being ruddy-faced, cheerful, etc.
4. blood-red; red
5. Heraldry. a reddish-purple tincture.
6. a red iron-oxide crayon used in making drawings
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acute
Definition
1. acting keenly on the senses; sharp
2. quick in discernment; drawing fine distinctions
3. of an angle, less than 90 degrees
4. happening quickly, briefly, and severely
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temerity
Definition
Unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger; rashness.
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parry
Definition
1. to ward off; turn aside (as a thrust or weapon)
2. the act of warding off
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incisive
Definition
1. penetrating; cutting; biting; trenchant
2. remarkably clear and direct; sharp; keen; acute
3. adapted for cutting or piercing
4. of or pertaining to the incisors
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