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Vocab 13
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English
9th Grade
03/27/2014

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Decrepit
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Elderly and infirm; worn out or ruined because of rage or neglect
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Reclusive
Definition
Seeking or preferring seclusion or isolation; providing seclusion
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Doppelganger
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A ghostly double of a living person, especially one that haunts its fleshly counterpart
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Disheartening
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To cause (someone) to lose determination or confidence
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Pretentious
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Attempting to impress by affecting greater important, talent, culture, etc., than is expected
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Evangelical
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Of or according to the teaching of the gospel or the Christian religion
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Demented
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Suffering from dementia/driven to behave irrationally due to anger, distress, or excitement
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Incessantly
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Continuing without interruption; ceaseless, unending
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Feign
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To represent fictitiously, to pretend
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Perpetuity
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The state or character of being perpetual (continuing or enduring forever)
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Tenuous
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Thin or slender in form, as a thread; lacking sound bias as reasoning; weak
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Sobriquet
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A humorous epithet, assumed name, or nickname
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Insurgent
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A person who rises n forcible opposition to lawful authority, especially a person who engages in armed resistance to government or to the execution
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Insipid
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Without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities; vapid
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Scant
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Scarcely sufficient in amount of quantity; limited
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