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Vocab 10 List
Mr. Duey's Vocab 10 list of 50 words
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English
10th Grade
05/04/2011

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Convoluted
Definition
Intricate; twisted
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Grimace
Definition
Twisted facial expression
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Deftness
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Skillfulness
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Imperceptibly
Definition
in such a slight way as to be almost unnoticeable
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reveling
Definition
taking great pleaseure
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interminable
Definition
seemingly endless
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ample
Definition
more than enough, abundant
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aperture
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the opening in a camera through which light passes into the lense
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belay
Definition
rope support
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laboriously
Definition
with difficulty
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feasible
Definition
capable of being done; possible
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formidable
Definition
causing fear or dread
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metaphor
Definition
an implied comparison between two essentually unlike things
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simile
Definition
a comparison between two essentually unlike htings using the word like or as
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analogy
Definition
a comparison of the particular resemblances of hthings that are otherwise not like each other
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idiom
Definition
an expr4ession that has a meaning particular to a language or region
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doughty
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brave; valiant
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maligned
Definition
spoken ill of
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credulity
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tendency to believe to readily
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prosaic
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commonplace; ordinary
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avaricious
Definition
greedy for riches
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furtively
Definition
secretly stealthily
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fussilade
Definition
somehting that is like the rapid firing of firearms
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foreboding
Definition
feeling that somehting bad will happen
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tumult
Definition
noisy commotion
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insidious
Definition
secretly treacherous
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digress
Definition
depart temporarily from the main subject
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meticulous
Definition
extremely careful about details
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obtuse
Definition
slow to understand or percieve
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fortuitous
Definition
fortunate
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mundane
Definition
commonplace; ordinary
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superfluous
Definition
exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
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arcane
Definition
known or knowable only to the initiate
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indubitable
Definition
that cannot be doubted
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irrelevant
Definition
not applicable
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apathy
Definition
absence of passion, emotion or excitement
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retort
Definition
to replay to, usually in a sharp or relaliatory way
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gregarious
Definition
fond of the company of others, sociable
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indignant
Definition
expressing strong displeasure at something
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subliminal
Definition
operating below the level of conciousness
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lavish
Definition
using or giving in great amounts
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pecuniary
Definition
relating to money
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callow
Definition
lacking adult sohpistication, immature
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lament
Definition
a mournful poem or expression
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incentive
Definition
that which mores the mind of inflames the passisons
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malcontent
Definition
one who is dissatisfied with the existing state or affairs
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lapse
Definition
a slight deviation for what is right, proper or just
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incorrigible
Definition
incapable of being changed or reformed
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anomaly
Definition
something different from the norm; irregulatiry or paradox
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culpable
Definition
guilty; at fault
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