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Vocab - second book (term 2)
Let the Circle be Unbroken vocab....thas pretty self explanatory
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English
7th Grade
12/06/2008

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Cards

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appraisial

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evaluating the value of something

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belfry

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bell tower, the part of a tower or steeple where the bells are hung

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clemency

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merciful, or leniant act

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concede

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to admit to being true

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 contemptuos

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dissaproving, scornful

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defiant

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boldly resisting

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embedded

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sunk in, implanted

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gullibility

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easily duped or decieved

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pandemonium

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wild disorder or noise, chaos

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precarious

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risky, unstable

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taunt

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to mock or tease

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upbraid

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scold severly

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vex

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to annoy or disturb

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winsome

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handsome and charming

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impending

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soon to take place

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deftly

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skillfully

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contagious

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spreading from human to human (person to person)

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heritage

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family roots, background, family history

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momentarily

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very brief

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 raucous

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rough or coarse

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riveted

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engaged or fixed upon (sight wise)

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scrutiny

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thoroughly examined, watching carefully

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rudiments

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minor laws

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conclude

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end, finish

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fringe

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border

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incredible

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unable to be believed

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intense

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very deep or strong

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crimsoned

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to redden, to become red

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fury

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wild rage or violence

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brusquely

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 abrupt in manner

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vigil

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routine

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dispel

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to drive away

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console

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to comfort

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feigning

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to disguise, to put on a false appearance

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 haunches

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upper thighs, hindquaters

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discern

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to take note through looking, to know what is wrong through looking : to distinguish

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amenities

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kind concern, courtesy

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blanched

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to be blank looking; blank look on your face

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crescendoed

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to swell

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adamantly

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unshakeably, stubbornly,

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wry

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 dryly humourous

 

 

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lanquidly

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slowly, sluggishly

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ornery

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stubborn, obstinate

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wane

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decrease, nearing the end

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 aloofness

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cool and reserved

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repercussions

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reaction (chain reaction)

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deigned

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condescend

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ethics

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 laws

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civil

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not rude, calm

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recourse

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applying to a person for aid of security

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scrip

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paper money issued for temporary emergency useage

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shrew

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nagging woman

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bayou

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marshy swampy area near a body of water

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 animosity

 

 

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hostility, enemy

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quizzically

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questionably, confusedly

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judiciary

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branch of the goverment that deals with law

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sanctum

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place of peace

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glibly

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fluently but rudely (usually reffering to language)

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vile

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disgusting, very very bad

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disdainfully

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reluctantly, scornfully

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lanquid

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slow moving, sluggish

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squalid

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foul, unclean

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 wiry

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lean, skinny, gaunt, very strong

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