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Vocab List 2
Mrs. Ellis
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English
12th Grade
09/16/2010

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austere
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(adj) severe or strict manner
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demoralize
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(v) to lose confidence or hope
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despondent
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(adj) in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
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diffident
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(adj) modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence
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discern
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(v) perceive or recognize something
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emanate
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(v) give out or emit; originate from
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engender
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(v) cause or give rise to-feeling, situation, or condition
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fictitious
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(adj) not real or not true
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flounce
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(n) an exaggerated action; move with exaggerated motions
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fortuitous
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(adj) happening by accident or chance; luck
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incredulous
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(adj) unwilling or unable to believe something
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intimate
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(v) imply or hint; state
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meticulous
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(adj) showing great attention to detail; very careful
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mitigate
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(v) make less severe,serious, painful
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opaque
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(adj) not able to be seen through; not transparent
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prehensile
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(adj) capable of grasping
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requite
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(v) make appropriate return for; reward; return
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squalid
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(adj) extremely dirty and unpleasant (due to poverty/neglect)
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translucent
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(adj) allowing light but not detailed images to pass through
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wince
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(v) give a slight involuntary grimace or shrinking movement of the body out of or in anticipation of pain or distress
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