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TFA/NEM
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
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Brusqueness
Definition
abrupt in manner; blunt; rough
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Interim
Definition
n intervening time; interval; meantime
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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 / Scrambled
Definition
to compete or struggle with others for possession or gain
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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
lacking foresight; incautious; unwary
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Capricious
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ubject to, led by, or indicative of caprice or whim; erratic
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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
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used or shared in common by everyone in a group
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Pandemonium
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wild uproar or unrestrained disorder; tumult or chaos
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Approbation
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approval; commendation
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Trifle
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an article or thing of very little value
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Wily
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full of, marked by, or proceeding from wiles
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Malevolent
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wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill-disposed; malicious
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