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Vocab G15
Vocab G15
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English
11th Grade
04/22/2009

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amenity
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n) something pleasant; pl) attractive features
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aperture
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n) an opening, hole
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dissidence
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n)a difference of opinion
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epicurean
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adj) fond of good food; n) a person with discriminating tastes
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improvident
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adj) ailing to plan ahead
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iniquity
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n) wickedness, sin
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inviolable
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adj) something not to be broken
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mutable
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adj) open to change
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nascent
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adj) just developing
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obeisance
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n) a deep bow to show respect
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panegyric
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n)formal or elaborate praise
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pillory
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n) a device for publicly punishing offenders; v)to expose public contempt or ridicule
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pittance
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n) a small wage
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presage
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v) to foreshadow a future event [Think: Before a sage. Seeing the future]
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progeny
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n) Descendants, offspring
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promulgate
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n) to issue officially
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rectitude
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n) uprightness; correctness
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restive
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adj) restless, fidgety
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seraphic
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adj) angelic, heavenly, celestial, cherubic
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subsist
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v) to have existence; to remain alive, manage to make a living or maintain life; to persist or continue [Think: SUBSISTence farmers]
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