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English
9th Grade
02/17/2008

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licentious
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marked by disregard for strict rules of correctness
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lewd
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Vulger
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profane
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to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt.
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fortuitous
Definition
occuring by chance
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serendipity
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the phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for
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abrogate
Definition
to abolish by authoritative action
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algid
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cold
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brumal
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indicative of or occurring in the winter
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hiemal
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relating to winter
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impecunious
Definition
having very little or no money usually habitally
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hapless
Definition
having no luck
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hiatus
Definition
break
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gregarious
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tending to associate with others of one's kind

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inquisitor
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one who inquires or makes inquisition
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iniquities
Definition
gross injustice
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goad
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something that urges into action
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ingenious
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marked by especial aptitude at discovering, inventing, or contriving
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subsist
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to have or acquire the necessites of life
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notoriety
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generally known and talked of

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blandish
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to coax with flattery
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flattery

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insincere or excessive praise
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innocuous
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harmless
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neonate
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newborn child
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incessant
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UNCEASING

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narrate
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to tell (as a story) in detail
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flout
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to treat with contemptuous disregard
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pedagogue
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a dull, formal, teacher
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buffet
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to drive, force, move, or attack by or as if by repeated blows.

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asyndeton
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the omission of conjunctions where they would normally be used 
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paradox

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A seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true
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antithesis
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the direct opposite
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foil
Definition
to prevent the success of
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apostrophe

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to indicate the omission of one or more letters in a word,
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polysyndeton
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the use of a number of conjunctions in close succession
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epiphany
Definition
a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something
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