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Vocab 12
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10th Grade
10/25/2010
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dowdy
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untasteful, unstylish
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blowsy
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women- sloppy unstylish
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frowsy
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women- uncared for appearance
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frumpy
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drab and unstylish
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forsake
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to renounce
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repudiate
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denounce the validity of something
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disown
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rejecting something thats your own
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abjure
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solemnly renounce
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defective
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faulty
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deficient
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lacking
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defector
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someont who switches from one side to another
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defection
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the act of switching sides
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table
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to pospone a decision
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bow to
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defect
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accede to
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defect
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disdain
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contempt or scorn
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spurn
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reject with scorn
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expedite
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to accelerate the progress of something
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deferment
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temporary postponent/exemption of something
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deferral
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temporary postponement/exemption of something
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deference
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willing submisssion because of the others wisdom, age or experiance
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deferential
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respectful
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deferent
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respectful
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gloomy
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depressed/pessimistic
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despondent
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low spirits because of lack of hope courage
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melancholy
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deep long lasting sadness
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exultant
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triumphantly happy
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jubilant
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great happiness/triumph
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expunge
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remove something completely
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omit
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to leave out
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efface
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to erase from a surface
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excise
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cut out
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refrain
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stop from doing
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dereliction-
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havent been doing ones duty
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derelict
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negligent in not doing what you should have
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remiss
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lacking care of duty
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owing
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yet to be paid, debt
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outstanding
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remaining to be paid
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unsettled
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yet to be paid
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scofflaw-
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breaks the law but not seriously
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malefactor
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breaks the law, felony
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punctilious
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showing attention to detail
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scrupulous
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diligent, atentive to detail
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conscientious
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wishing to do work thoroughly and well
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meticulous
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showing great attention to detail
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delusion
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false belief because of self deception
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illusion
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rickery thorugh soneone elses' tirckery
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dupe
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deceive
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gull
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deceive
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czen
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trick
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hoodwink
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trick
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beguile
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deceptively charm or enchant
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demureness
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female-false sense of modesy
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proper
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modesty for men
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staid
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men- modesty
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demur
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object or take exception to
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sedate
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calm, dinified, unhurried
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prim-
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women- overly stiff, too moral
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decorous
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polite and restrained
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unseemly
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inappropriate
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seemly
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appropriate
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diffident
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modest/shy because of lack of self confidence
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self-effacing
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nor alling attention to oneself
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coy
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pretense of modesty
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forward
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bold
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assertive
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showing confidence and force
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jaunty
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lively, cheerful, self-confident
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bumptious
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assertive to the extreme
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fitful
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occurring at random intervals
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steadfast
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unwavering
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methodical
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dont systematically
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diverge
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fo in a different direction
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veer
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change directinos suddenly
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swerve
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change directions abruptly
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non conformist
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a person shose views are not normal
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maverick
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aindepentdne unorthodox oerson
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destitute
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without the basic means for life
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bereft
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deprived of something immaterial
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replete
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filled with to excess
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fraught
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filled with, result is something bad
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teeming
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boutniful full of
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pious
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extemely religious
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reverant
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extreemly religious
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ardent
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passionate about
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zealous
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passionate about
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lukewarm
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without intensity
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adroit
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clever, skillful
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deft
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skilled with fingers
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adept
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skillful
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gauche
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clumsy, boorish
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inept
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not able to do womething
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maladroit
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not clever/skillful
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ennui
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gripping melancholy caused by boredom
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