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Vocab G14
Sadlier-Oxford flashcards
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English
11th Grade
04/24/2009

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beatific
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blissful; rendering or making blessed
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behemoth
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a creature of enormous size, power, or appearance
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blandishment
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anything designed to flatter or coax; sweet-talk
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cacophonous
Definition
harsh-sounding, raucous, discordant, dissonant
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chicanery
Definition
trickery, deceptive practices or tactics, double-dealing (Sounds like Sean Connery)
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consign
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to give over to another's care, charge, or control; to entrust, deliver; to set apart for a special use
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coup
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a sudden takeover of power or leadership
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euphemism
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a nicer way of saying something
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febrile
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feverish; pertaining to or marked by fever; frenetic
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gainsay
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to deny, contradict, controvert; to dispute, oppose
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imminent
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about to happen, threatening, impending, looming
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innate
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natural, inborn, inherent; built-in
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loath
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unwilling, reluctant, disinclined
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manifest
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clear, evident to the eyes or mind; to show plainly, exhibit, evince; a list of cargo and/or passengers
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minutiae
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small or trivial details, trifling matters
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moratorium
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a suspension of activity; an official waiting period; an authorized period of delay
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nostrum
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an alleged cure-all; a remedy or scheme of questionable effectivness
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pariah
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one who is rejected by a social group or organization
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visionary
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not practical, lacking in realism; having the nature of a fantasy or dream; one given to a far-fetched ideas; a dreamer or seer characterized by vision or foresight
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wizened
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dry, shrunken, and wrinkled (often as the result of aging)
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