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Vocabulary list 2
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English
10th Grade
03/14/2011

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Meager
Definition
deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty; inadequate.
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Brusqueness
Definition
abrupt in manner; blunt; rough.
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Interim
Definition
a temporary or provisional arrangement; stopgap; makeshift.
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Abomination
Definition
anything greatly disliked or abhorred.
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Benevolent
Definition
characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings.
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Arduous
Definition
requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult.
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Poignant
Definition
keenly distressing to the feelings.
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Clambered
Definition
to climb, using both feet and hands; climb with effort or difficulty. Scrambled.
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Revel
Definition
to take great pleasure or delight.
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Taut
Definition
tightly drawn; tense; not slack.
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Improvident
Definition
not provident; thriftless, imprudent, or prodigal.
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Capricious
Definition
subject to, led by, or indicative of caprice or whim.
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Emissary
Definition
a representative sent on a mission or errand.
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Rebuke
Definition
to express sharp, stern disapproval of; reprove; reprimand.
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Communal
Definition
used or shared in common by everyone in a group.
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Pandemonium
Definition
wild confusion; uproar.
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Approbation
Definition
approval; commendation.
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Trifle
Definition
an article or thing of very little value.
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Wily
Definition
full of, marked by, or proceeding from wiles; crafty; cunning.
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Malevolent
Definition
wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill-disposed;
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