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the cucible vocab
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English
11th Grade
10/26/2008

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base
Definition
the lower part of something
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coventanted
Definition
promise by a covenant
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evasive
Definition
intending to evade or tending to evade
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remorseless
Definition
mercyless, no remorse
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contempt
Definition
the act of despising
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pretense
Definition
a claim made or implied
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deposition
Definition
an act of removing from a position of authority
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prodigious
Definition
obsolute : being an omen , strange unusual
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Sublime
Definition
to cause to pass dirctly from the solid to the vapor state and condence back to the solid form
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Indignant
Definition
filled with or marked by indignance
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confounded
Definition
confused perplex
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denounce
Definition
to pronounce especially publically to be blameworthy or evil
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beguile
Definition
to lead by deception
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adamant
Definition
a unbreakable stone
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lechery
Definition
inordinate indulgance in sexual activity
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transfixed
Definition
to peirce through with or as if with a pointed weapon
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antichrist
Definition
one who denies or apposes Christ
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righteous
Definition
actingin accord with devine or moral law
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floundering
Definition
to struggle to move or obtain footing
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quail
Definition
any of the numerous small gallinaceous birds, migratory game bird
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penitence
Definition
to be sorrowful for sins or faults
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