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Sophomore English Vocab 3
Mr. Stanizi's Third Vocab Quiz
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English
10th Grade
10/28/2007
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catacomb
 Definition
underground burial place
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acquiesce
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to agree or consent
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inexorable
 Definition
unyielding, relentless, or infelxable
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falter
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to stumble/ to hesitate
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desist
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to cease/ to stop
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franchise
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special right/privilage
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perilous
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dangerous/ risky
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therenody
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A funeral song
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atlas
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book of maps
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clairvoyant
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having great insight
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magnitude
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size or extent
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dither
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(proceeded by "a") nervously excited/ confused
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conclave
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secret meeting
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pensive
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dreamily thoughtful
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betrothed
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engaged or pledged to marry
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mausoleum
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large tomb for many bodies
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alluvial
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pertaining to the deposit of sand formed by flowing water
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rabid
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intense/furious/raging/mad
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alliviate
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To alliviate/ to relieve
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ken
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range of knowledge/grasp
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inept
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unfit/bungling/inefficient
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jargon
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Vocabulary perculiar to a particular trade or group of people
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queasy
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uneasy or nauseated
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lachrymose
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terful
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ravage
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to damage/ ruin
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grievous
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causing grief or sorrow
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peerless
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without equal/unmatched
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prisamatic
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many colored
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radical
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extreme/ complete/ violent
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apothecary
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druggist
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