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Vocab Quiz 2/25/11
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11th Grade
02/24/2011
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Atelier
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studio
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expedients
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desired effects
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insolent
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disrespectful
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tacit
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unspoken but understood
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bantered
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exchanged amusing remarks
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emphatic
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forceful
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glibly
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smoothly
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gaiter
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shoe
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prunella
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a strong textile
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laurels
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past achievements
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portly
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stout
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profusion
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large amount
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Pseudo-intellectual
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pretending to be, not intellectual
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Coquetted
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flirted
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murky
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gloomy
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prerambulations
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walks
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ardent
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passionate
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coercion
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intimidation
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filial
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befitting a daughter
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apprised
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made aware of
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deplored
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disliked
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infidelity
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a breach of loyalty
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mellow
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to calm
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pretext
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excuse
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remittent
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coming at intervals
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effulgence
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radiance
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irrelevantly
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without connection to the subject
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assailed
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overwhelmed
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bade
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urged
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tabouret
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a stool
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diminutive
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small
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garland
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a wreath
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inquisitive
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nosey
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lorgnettes
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eyeglasses with a handle
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vivacious
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full of life
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volition
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free will
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volubility
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talkativeness
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reiterated
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repeated
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sumptuous
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costly,lavish
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imprudent
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good judgement
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irresolute
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uncertain
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repose
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tranquility
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Acquiesced
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agreed
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patois
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a french dialect
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despondency
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emotional depression
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insurmountable
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that which cannot be overcome.
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latent
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under the surfface
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recapitulated
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summarized
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torpid
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having lost the power of sensation
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torrid
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highly passionate
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dissipation
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indulgence in pleasure
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subterfuges
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activities marked by secrecy and deception
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inconsolable
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heartbroken
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arbitrary
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random
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incoherency
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something that makes no sense
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allurements
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attractions
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apparition
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ghost
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