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Vocab for test on 11/20
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English
11th Grade
11/17/2009

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didactic
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instructive
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pendantic
Definition
showy with one's knowledge
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synecdoche
Definition
a metaphor by which an inclusive term stands for something included - a part is spoken of as the whole or vice versa [Example: Referring to a sailor as a 'hand' (as the hand is only part of the whole, which is the sailor)
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laconic
Definition
using as few words as possible
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sardonic
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scornfully mocking or cynical
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perseverate
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the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior
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fugacious
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lasting but a short time
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millieu
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environment, setting
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scuttlebutt
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gossip
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aesthete
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one who cultivates great sensitivity to beauty
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galumph
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to move in a clumsy manner of with a heavy tread
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loquacious
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very talkative
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punctilios
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precise, exact in particulars
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conflate
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to bring together, to meld
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stentorian
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extremely loud
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tenebrous
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dark, gloomy
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truculent
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fierce, savage
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sommelier
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a waiter, as in a club or restaraunt
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skullduggery
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devious, dishonest
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maunder
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to walk or wander aimlessly
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felicitous
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apt or appropriate
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fungible
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interchangeable
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soporific
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causing sleep
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forfend
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to avert, to protest
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asseverate
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to affirm or declare positively
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carapace
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a shell, a protective covering
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