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Vocab 4
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English
12th Grade
10/27/2010

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alchemist
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[NOUN] – one who tries to change metals into gold
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amalgam
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[NOUN] – a combination of different elements
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august
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[ADJ] – inspiring reverence or admiration
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caldron
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[NOUN] – a large caldron used for boiling
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conduit
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[NOUN] –a pipe or tube used for conveying water or other fluids; flume
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mellifluous
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[ADJ] – sweetly or smoothly flowing; sweet-sound
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monastic
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[ADJ] – seclusion or simplicity of life
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necromancy
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[NOUN] – communicating with spirits, black magic
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onus
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[ADJ] – something distasteful to bear that involves considerable difficulty
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parasite
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[NOUN] – an organism that lives inside another organism but contributes nothing
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potentate
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[NOUN] – a monarch; very powerful ruler; sovereign
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primeval
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[ADJ] – ancient; relating to the earliest ages
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ravenous
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[ADJ] – urgently eager for food; craving satisfaction
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ribald
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[ADJ] – vulgarly humorous; profane
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sententious
Definition
ADJ] – given to excessive moralizing
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stint
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[ VERB] – to limit to a certain amount; to be frugal
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theatrical
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[ADJ] – overly dramatic; exaggerated in behavior
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unnerve
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[VERB] –to cause to lose composure
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visionary
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[NOUN] – a dreamer; one who is impractical
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zenith
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[NOUN] – the highest point overhead; peak
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