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vocab # 17
mclaughlin stupid vocab
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English
10th Grade
05/09/2013

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Cards

Term

 

 

Circumspect

Definition

 

 

Careful

Ant:rash

Term

 

 

Zephyr

Definition

 

 

A gentle breeze

Ant:gale

 

Term

 

 

Renegade

Definition

 

 

One who deserts one side in favor of another

Ant:loyalist

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Retribution

Definition

 

 

Somethimg justly deserved

Ant:reward

Term

 

 

Hurtle

Definition

 


To move or to fling swifty and with great force


Term


Scourage

Definition

 

A person or thing that causes great trouble

Ant:boon , blessing

Term


Caustic


Definition

 


Biting

Ant:mild ,pleasent

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Taciturn


Definition

 


Not fond of talking

Ant:garrulous

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Agnostic

Definition

 

One who believes that the existence of god can neither be proved 

Ant;believer

Term


Terse

Definition

 


Brief and to the point

Ant:verbose

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Uncanny

Definition

 


Weird

 

Term


Exodus

Definition



A mass departure or emigration

Ant:return

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Penitent

Definition



Remorseful

Ant:unrepentant

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Vindicate

Definition

 


To clear of suspicion

Ant:besmirch

Term


Raillery

Definition



Good-humored ridicule

 

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