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Vocab 1
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12th Grade
10/27/2010

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asperity
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n-sharpness (as in temper); harshness
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buffeted
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v & adj-struck repeatedly; battered
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compunction
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n-remorse, distress or anxiety over an anticipated action
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cutlery
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n-cutting instruments
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distant
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adj-chilly in manner
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dowager
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n-a widow who holds a title from her husband (wealthy); an elderly woman of society
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entrench
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v-to fix firmly
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glacial
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adj-extremely cold or frigid
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improvidence
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n-not providing for the future; not thrifty
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intransigent
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adj-refusing to compromise
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leaven
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v-to introduce something that spreads throughout and modifies or enlivens
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matriculate
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v-to enroll or to admit to memeber ship by enrolling, especially in a college
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methodical
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adj-proceeding ina regular or systematic order
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narcissitic1
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adj-excessively loving oneself; vain
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panache
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n-a grand or flamboyant manner; verve; style; flair
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picayune
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adj-of very small value; petty
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prescient
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n-knowledge of events before they happen; foresight
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rail at
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v-to condemn or to attack with abusive language
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retrospection
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n-a looking back or conetmplation of the past
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reverie
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n-daydream
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