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Shipping News Vocab
Vocab for Maggie's final.
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English
10th Grade
05/31/2010
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smelt
 Definition
to melt in order to produce metal
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byline
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the line beneath the title of a news paper article that tells you by whom it was written
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copy editor
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the editor of a newspaper who edits grammar, spelling, and content
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epithet
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a descriptive name
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ochre
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a brownish-yellow pigment
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harangue
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to criticise somebody (v)

a loud, lenghty adress of criticism (n)
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invective
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abusive language
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curio
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a small object, knick knack
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aurora
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northern lights or dawn
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culvert
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underground duct or pipe
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querulous
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whiney or inclined to complain
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assiduous
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hardworking
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fractious
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irritable
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charlatan
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somebody who falsely claims to have special skill or knowledge
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litany
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a list of prayers during worship
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libel
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a written statement attacking somebody's reputation
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alchemist
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somebody who tries to make gold from other metals
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fastidious
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meticulous, hard to please
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lugubrious
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gloomy
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cacophony
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loud and jarring noise
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complicity
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involved in wrong-doing
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surfeited
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over-indulged
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maelstrom
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a turbulent situation or strong storm
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fatuous
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unintelligent
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lassitude
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tiredness, apathy, lethargy
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scrupulous
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having moral integrity
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euphoric
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extremely happy
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desecration
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the damaging of something sacred or holy
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incredulity
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disbelief
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prodigious
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marvelous, grand, exceptionally talented
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epicure
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somebody who has developed a refined taste for food
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peevish
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irritable
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meticulous
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picky, precise, focused on detail
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tinctured
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tinged with emotion
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multifarious
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diverse
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stentorian
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loud
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morose
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meloncholy, extremely sad
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pallid
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pale
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sordid
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sexually dirty or depressing, squalid, expressing the worst of human nature
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portent
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omen
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innocuous
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harmless
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