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Vocab 801-857
Pain... i will bring pain to who ever is making me do this T_T
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10th Grade
09/07/2008

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Spectral
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oh, relating to, or suggesting a specter
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inert

Definition
very slow to move or act
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fanatic
Definition
one who is marked by excessive enthusiasm and often intense uncritical devotion
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predilection
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an established preference for something

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Maraud

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to roam about and raid in search of plunder

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homage

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Tribute

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defile

Definition

to make unclean or impure

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ingratiating

Definition

intended or adopted in order to gain favor

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ideology
Definition
visionary theorizing
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perpetuate
Definition
to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely
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differentiation
Definition
development from the one to the many
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insoluble
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indissoluble
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darkling
Definition
growing dark
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paradox

Definition
a tenet contrary to reveived opinion
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injunction

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Order

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hearty
Definition
enthusiastically or exuberantly cordial
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dissemble
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to hide under a false apperance
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propriety
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the quality or state of being proper

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conjure
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to summon a devil or spirit by invocation or incantation

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faction
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a party or group that is often contentious  or self-seeking
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abomination
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extreme disgust and hatred
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deference
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respect and esteem due a superior or an elder
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providence

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divine guidence or care

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motif
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a usually recurring salient thematic element
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smirch
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to make dirty, stained, or discolored
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disproportionate
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being out of proportion
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contention
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a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument

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clamor
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a loud continuous noise

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intimate
Definition
Announce
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formidable
Definition
causing fear, dread, or apprehension
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subservient
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serving to promote some end
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naive
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marked by unaffected simplicity
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partisan
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a firm adherent to a party, fraction, or person
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hypocrite
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a person who puts on a false appearance of virtue or religion
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calumny
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the act of uttering false charges or misrepresentations paliciously calculated to damage another's reputation

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titillate
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to excite pleasurably
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wintry
Definition
of, relating to, or characteristic of winter
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pretense
Definition
a claim made or implied
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unnerved
Definition
deprived of fortitude, strength, or firmness of purpose
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feverish
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having the symptoms of a fever

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notorious
Definition
generally known and talked of
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prodigious
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Strange, Unusual
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canny
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Clever
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defer
Definition
Putoff, delay
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fathom
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to measure by a sounding line
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anarchy
Definition
absence of government
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ascertain
Definition
to make certain, exact, or precise
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diabolism
Definition
belief in or worship of devils
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bemuse
Definition
to make confused
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cosmology
Definition
theoru or doctrine describing the natural order of the universe
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diametrically opposed
Definition
having the quality of being stark and complete opposites
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inculcate

Definition
to teach and impress by frequent reqetitions or admonitions
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enthrall
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to hold in or reduce to slavery
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import
Definition
relative importance
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abrogate

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to abolish by authoritative force

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congeries

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Aggression
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prudent
Definition
characterized by, arised from, or showing prudence.
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