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Unit 5 Vocab
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English
11th Grade
02/23/2016

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adj. of the upper class
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aristocratic
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n. statement; declaration
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assertion
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n. a primitive or uncivilized person
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barbarian
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adj. refined; having polite manners
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civilized
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n. scorn; a showing of disrespect
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contempt
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adj. doubting the sincerity of people's motives; sarcastic
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cynical
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n. conduct; behavior
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deportment
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n. the demanding of too high a price; the getting of money by force
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extortion
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v. to draw out by effort; to derive
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extract
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n. apathy; sluggishness; drowsiness
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lethargy
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adj. poetic; musical
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lyric
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adj. characterized by method; orderly; systematic
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methodical
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adv. stubbornly
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obstinately
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adj. speaking several different languages
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polyglot
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n. nonpoetic language; the ordinary form of language
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prose
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adj. narrow-minded; limited; of or belonging to a province
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provincial
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adj. eager and ready to fight; quarrelsome
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pugnacious
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adj. unpleasant; dirty; wretched
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seamy
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adj. having the same meaning as; similar in meaning
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synonymous
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n. disposition; frame of mind
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temperament
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