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vocab test 3
A seperate peace
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English
9th Grade
10/07/2010

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Automaton
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a person acting of or thinking in a mechanical way (without thought or independence)
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Derision
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the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt (noun) (middle english)
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Eccentric
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deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical way (adjective) (greek)
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Egotism
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excessive self referencing; conceitedness; selfishness (noun)(latin)
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Emissary
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a secret agent (noun) (latin)
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Goad
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something that pains as if by pricking (noun) (middle english)
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Idiosyncratic
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peculiar; different from other people in behavior, attitude, etc. (noun) (greek)
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Immersion
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being plunged into somthing, as in a liquid like water
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Incoherent
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not logically connected; having trouble expressing oneself clearly
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Infinitesimal
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too small to be measured (noun) (latin)
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Maimed
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crippled,mutilated, or disabled (verb) (middle english)
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Preempt
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to appropraite beforehand; to seize before anyone else can
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Reverberate
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to re-echo or resound
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Reverie
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Day dreaming or dreamy thinking
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Sinecure
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an office producing income but requiring little or no work in return (noun) (latin)
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Skirmish
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a brief fight between small groups
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Speculation
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The acting of thinking, pondering, or conjecting; often merely theoretical
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Stupefaction
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state of stunned amazement or utter bewilderment (noun) (middle english)
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Sultriness
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the state of being opressively hot and humid or inflamed with passion or lust (adj)
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Transfixed
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rendered motionless, as if by impalement
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Vindicate
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to free (verb) (latin)
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exaltation
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a feeling of great joy,power, or pride; elation (noun)
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exhort
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to urge earnestly through advice, etc., to do what is proper (verb) (me)
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transfigured
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transformed (especially outwardly) so as to seem exalted or glorified (british) (middle english)
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turbid
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muddy or cloudy from sediment; confused or muddled
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