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Anthropology
10th Grade
12/17/2013
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lamentation (n)
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mourning/complaint
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stickler (n)
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one who defends the preservation of details
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myriads (n)
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large numbers
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beseemed (v)
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was certain to
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redeemed (v)
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regained after losing
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swarthy (adj)
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dark in complexion
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sumptuous (adj)
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magnificent
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chaff (n)
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anything worthless
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render (v)
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give/make
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rapt (adj)
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completely absorbed
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lucidity (n)
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the quality of being easy to understand; clarity
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interminable (adj)
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incessant; unending; limitless
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sonorous (adj)
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having a loud, deep, resonant sound; grand/eloquent
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vanquish (v)
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overcome, overpower, defeat
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adulation (n)
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utter devotion
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affable (adj)
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benign, friendly, warm, approachable
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veracious (adj)
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characterized by truthfulness
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extolled (v)
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praised highly
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maligned (adj)
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evil in effect; pernicious; malevolent
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prosaic (adj)
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commonplace/dull OR prose/not poetry
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furtively (adv)
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secretly/stealthily
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credulity (n)
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willingness to believe too easily; gullibility
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avaricious (adj)
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greedy/covetous
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august (adj)
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inspiring reverence; grand
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habiliments (n)
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clothing, usually of a profession
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piqued (v)
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excited; irritated; wounded
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disparaged (v)
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discredited; belittled
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forebore (v)
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refrained; endured; withheld
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aggrieved (v)
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oppressed, afflicted with pain
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choleric (adj)
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bad-tempered, irritable
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indignant (adj)
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angry over unfair treatment
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epitaph (n)
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inscription on tombstone
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irascible (adj)
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easily angered, choleric
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rakishly (adv)
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dashingly; debonairly
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hurtling (v)
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moving wildly/quickly
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distraught (adj)
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deeply upset
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haggard (adj)
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exhausted and unwell
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insolent (adj)
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rude, arrogant, devoid of respect
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insinuatingly (adv)
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in a manner which suggests/hints
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cur (n)
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mongrel
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derisive (adj)
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expressive of contempt
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inscrutable (adj)
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difficult to fathom
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