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The Color of Water Vocab 3
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9th Grade
03/19/2010
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Deter
 Definition
To prevent or discourage someone from acting by means of fear, doubt, etc
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Clairvoyancy
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Ability to foretell the future
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Dissipation
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Dispersion; wasteful consumption
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Stupor
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Daze; mental confusion
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Modus Operandi (M.O)
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Way of operating
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Solicit
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To seek to obtain by persuasion
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Covenants
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Contracts; agreements
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Verboten
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Forbidden
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Amorphous
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Formless
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Reverie
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Daydream
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Indecipherable
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Incapable of being decoded or interpreted
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Stilted
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Stiff or artificially formal
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Vacillating
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Wavering
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Modicum
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A small amount
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Impostor
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A person who deceives under an assumed identity
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Synergy
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The action of two or more substances or organisms to achieve an effect of which each is individually incapable
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Inopportune
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Ill-timed
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Carnage
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Massacre
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Staunch
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Firm and steadfast
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Stave
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To keep off
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Labyrnith
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Maze
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Evasive
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Intentionally vague; elusive
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Broached
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To begin to talk about
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Impassively
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Without expression
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