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Vocab 19- 2/24/09
A lot of weird words
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English
12th Grade
02/24/2009

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abscond
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to run away with secretly, especially in order to avoid arrest or prosecution
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affinity
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A Natural Liking for or identification with someone oR soMething; a sImiLaRity or Connection
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Atrophy
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Weakening or lessening of an ability/ the shrinking in SIzE of Some part of the body, usually caused by Injury, disease, or lack of use
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Attenuate
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To reduce the size, strenGth, or Density or something OR become tHinnEr oR weaker
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Attercop
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a spider
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BarmeCide
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SomeThinG illusory or imaginary ANd therefore disappointing Or a person who offers something of this kind
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Corporeal
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Relating to the physical body rather than the mind or spirit
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DandIprat
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A dwarF or small boy/ an insignificant or contemptible Person
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Debilitating
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reducing something's Energy or strength
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Etao in shrdlu
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Nonsense phrase/ an absurd or unIntelligible Utterance
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floccinaucinhilipilification
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the estimation of something as Valueless
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Flibbertigibbet
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A Silly FlightY Person
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Gallimaufry
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A hodgepodge, Jumble or ConFused Medley
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Honeyfuggle
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Deceive by flattery or sweet talk/ Cheat or swindlE
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Inwit
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Inward knowledge/ WiSDom
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jocund
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cheerful And light-hearted
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kerfuffle
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a commotion or fuss
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lagniappe
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something given over and Above what is purchased or earned/ to make Good measure or by way of gratuity
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Lickspittle
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a toAdy or somebody who shoes undue deference Toward superiors or powerful people
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Mitigate
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to make an offense or Crime less serious or more excusable/ to make something less harsh, severe, or violent
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muliebrious
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Effeminate
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Nepenthes
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a drug or potion Bringing welcome forgetfulness
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orotund
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Speech that is full, round and imposing
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paregoric
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a medicine or Soothing substance
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Philology
Definition
scientific study of the relationship of languages to one another, and their History, eSpecially BaSed on the analysis of Texts
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Platitude
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a pointless, empty comment or statement made as though 'twas helpful and Significant
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Portentous
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very serious and significant, especially with Regard to futuRe events/ excessively PomPoUs or Serious
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ProletaRian
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Relating to thE working class
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bourgeois
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associated with affluent Middle-class People who are often characterized as conventional, conservative, or materiAlistic in Outlook
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quodlibet
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a tOpic for of exercise of philosophical or theological discussion/ a light-hearted medley of Well-Known tunes
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Rigmarole
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a Lengthy and complicated procedure
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Sequester
Definition
to put somebody in a lonely place away from other people/ the pressures of everyDay liFe or possible disturbancEs; to take legal possession of someone's Property temporarily Until a debt is paid, a dispute settles, or a court orDer Obeyed
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Smellfeast
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A parasite/ freeloader
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SOnorous
Definition
Producing souNd
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Twitterpated
Definition
made confused through AffEction for or attraction to somebody
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TrepidatioN
Definition
fear or Uneasiness about the future
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Vestige
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a sign or trace of something that is no longer Present
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Skullduggery
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Unfair and dishonest Practices carried out in a secretive way in order to trick others
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tintinnabulation
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thE ringing sounD of bells
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antimacassar
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a small cloth of the backs and arms of furniture used to Prevent SOiLing
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