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Voc 1-3
cantebary tales
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English
12th Grade
09/19/2012

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Cogent
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clear,logical, and convincing.
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Exigent
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pressing; demanding
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Assay
Definition
determine the content of quality of
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Intransigent
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unwilling or refusing to change one's view
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Incite
Definition
encourage or stir up
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Resuscitate
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revive from unconsciousness or apparent death
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Solicitous
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characterized by or showing interest or concern
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Perturb
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make anxious or unsettled
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Turbulent
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moving unsteadily or violently
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Turbid
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cloudy, opaque, or thick with suspended matter.
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Alacrity
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brisk and cheerful readiness
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Celerity
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swiftness of movement
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Degenerate
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to deminish gradually
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Engender
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to produce
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Genre
Definition
category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.
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Cognate
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related
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Innate
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instinctual
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Nascent
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developing
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Transfigure
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transform into something more beautiful or elevated
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Fictive
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creating or created by imagination
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Feign
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pretend to be affected by
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Parturient
Definition
about to bare young
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Repertory
Definition
performance of various plays, operas, or ballets by a company at regular short intervals
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Vehement
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showing strong feeling
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Inveigh
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speak or write about(something) with great hostility
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Surmise
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a supposition that something may be true, even though there is no evidence to confirm it
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Demise
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a person's death
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Remit
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cancel or refrain from exacting or inflicting
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Emblematic
Definition
of, relating to, or serving as an emblem; symbolic
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Diabolical
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belonging to or so evil as to recall the devil
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Hyperbole
Definition
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
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Episodic
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containing or consisting of a series of loosely connected parts or events
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Methodical
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done according to a systematic or established form of procedure
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Synod
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an assembly of the clergy and sometimes also the laity in a diocese or other division of a particular church
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