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Vocab Unit 5; Sadler-Oxford
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11th Grade
01/31/2008
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aficianado
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expert follower or fan
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browbeat
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to bully
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commensurate
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equal in size or importance; comparable
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diaphanous
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almost transparent
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emolument
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wage or salary
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foray
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a quick raid or plunder..."oh no the vikings are foraying our village. lets go save our peasent daughter."
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genre
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a type or class
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homily
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a church sermon or a dr.phil show...speech about moral principle
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immure
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to improson
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insouciant
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unconcerned or apathetic
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matrix
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surrounding situation or environment
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obsequies
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funeral rites
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panache
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flamboyance or pizaz
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perona
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character in a book; your personality
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phillipic
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a bitter verbal attack
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prurient
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bom-chicka-wah-wah
titilating
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sacrosanct
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very sacred
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systemic
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of or concerning a whole system or body..."sorry johnny, you have herpes. it is a systemic disease and will kill you if you don't use this creme"
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tendentinous
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partisan or biased
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vicissitude
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change; phases of variation
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