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Vocab 9
Vocabulary Words (Unit 9)
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11th Grade
02/18/2009

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air
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a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
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augury
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an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come
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beguile
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capture: attract; cause to be enamored
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connoisseur
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an expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine arts
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debauchery
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orgy: a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
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declivity
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descent: a downward slope or bend
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diatribe
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fulmination: thunderous verbal attack
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disencumber
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extricate: release from entanglement of difficulty
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ebullient
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joyously unrestrained:exuberent
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fly-by-night
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debtor who flees to avoid paying:one who seeks to evade responsibility
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foliage
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leafs and flowers
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germinate
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To sprout or produce buds:to develop
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gratis
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without payment
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hues
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take on color or become colored
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improptu
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an extemporaneous speech or remark
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kudos
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praise: an expression of approval and commendation
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lachrymose
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dolorous: showing sorrow
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lurid
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horrible in fierceness or savagery
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muse
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to think or meditate in silence:source of an aritist's inspiration
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philistine
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person driven by materialism
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rectitude
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strong moral integrity
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rend
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tear or be torn violently
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schisms
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division of a group into opposing factions (mainly in religion)
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uproarious
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state of uproar
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