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Vocab list 1 & 2
(vocabulary week #1)
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English
11th Grade
01/18/2014
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Asceticism
 Definition
practicing strict self dicsipline
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Dint
 Definition
force, power
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Envoy
 Definition
a person who is sent by one government to represent it in dealing with another government
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defray
 Definition
to give a payment for a service
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crass
 Definition
having bad behavior, indicating grossness
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Beguile
 Definition
To lead by deception
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Allocate
 Definition
to divide up
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Enjoins
 Definition
give a command, authoritative order
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Oscillate
 Definition
swing back and forth
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Interloper
 Definition
illegal, unwanted
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Incarcerate
 Definition
to put in prison
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Vacuous
 Definition
lacking content
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Akimbo
 Definition
having the hand on the hip and the elbow turned outward
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Jubilant
 Definition
to be happy, excited
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Presumptuous
 Definition
too confident especially in a way that is rude
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Pecuniary
 Definition
measured in money
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Licentious
 Definition
illegal, spiritually wrong
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Muse
 Definition
change of thought
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Subversive
 Definition
undermine a government
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Lassitude
 Definition
condition of weakness
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