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Vocab List 6: Semester 2
O'Brien english words
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English
11th Grade
04/18/2010

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sordid
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morally degraded; filthy/foul
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soporific
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sleep inducer
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spurn
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reject disdainfully or contemptuously; scorn
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stringent
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rigorous: demanding strict attention to rules and procedure
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stupendous
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Of astounding force, volume, degree, or excellence; marvelous
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sultry
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hot and humid
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supine
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lying on the back, face upward
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tantamount
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equivalent: being essentially equal to something
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teeming
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abundantly filled with especially living things
- abundance; highly productive
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temerity
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Foolhardy disregard of danger; recklessness
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tenet
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An opinion, doctrine, or principle held as being true by a person or especially by an organization.
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tenuous
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slender or fine, as a fiber; rare, as air at high altitudes; not dense; not substantial
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transgress
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act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promise
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truculent
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Disposed to fight; pugnacious
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turgid
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Swollen or distended, as from a fluid; bloated
- excessively ornate, bombastic
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ubiquitous
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omnipresent: being present everywhere at once
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untenable
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indefensible: (of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified
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utilitarian
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stressing usefulness over beauty or other consideration
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vaunt
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boasted about or praised in an ostentatious way
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veneer
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A thin surface layer, as of finely grained wood, glued to a base of inferior material
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