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Vocab for 2nd Semester (#2)
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English
10th Grade
06/03/2009
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ominous
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threatening/foreshadowing evil or tragic
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abject
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miserable/wretched
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insolence
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rude or arrogant
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recalcitrant
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defient
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degenerate
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a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable
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Mock
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ridicule
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admonish
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warn strongly
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piety
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religious devotion
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epiphany
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sudden awareness of knowledge
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brazen
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unrestrained
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infallible
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without fault or weakness
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desolate
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crushed by grief
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propensity
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inclination to do something
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desecrate
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deprive of sacredness
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blatant
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completly obvious
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reverence
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profound respect for someone or something
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defer
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postpone
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blithe
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carefree
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apathy
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don't care
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sympathy
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feel badly
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empathy
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feel bad + can imagine/have experienced
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virtuous
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morally excellent
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hubris
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pride
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consort
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associate with
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confound
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confuse
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To let
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to rent
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Scrupulous
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having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right
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Vexing
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to annoy
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Fortnight
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14 days/2 consecutive weeks
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Fastidious
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hard to please
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Candour
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being frank (open)
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Pliancy
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flexible, adaptable, easily influenced
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ductility
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to not attack someone
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superciliousness
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disdainful
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pedantic
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overly concerned in ones learning
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indignation
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showing displeasure at something considered
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propriety
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established standards of good or proper behavior or manners
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complaisance
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willingness to please
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felicity
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happiness
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animation
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an animating conclusion
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effusions
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unrestrained emotional expression
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disconcerted
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to be confused
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contrivance
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in invent
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benevolence
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kindness
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indolent
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to be lazy
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impertinence
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non-relevent
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censure
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to blame
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affinity
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attraction
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cunning
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sly or crafty
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commendation
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recommendation
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odious
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deserving hatred
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panegyric
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speech or writing of praise
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celerity
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speed
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propensity
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tendancy
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civility
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courtesy
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laconic
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to the point
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hypothetical
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based on supposition
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exonerate
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to declare blameless and free of guilt
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sagaciously
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in a keenly perceptive manner
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ostentatiously
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in a showy manner
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mollify
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to soothe
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melancholy
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sad & gloomy
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vexation
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an annoyance
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disconcerted
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frustrated; upset
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miscreant
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an evil person or criminal
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venerated
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deeply respected
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abject
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miserable; wretched
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amiable
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good-natured; friendly
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repugnance
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extreme dislike for someone or something
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exemplary
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serving as a model
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imperceptible
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so slight or gradual as not to be easily percieved
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indelible
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that which cannot be erased
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debilitating
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weakening
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magnanimity
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generosity
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juxtaposition
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side by side comparison
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