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Vocab Unit 4
weeks 13-16
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English
11th Grade
02/06/2014

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INDICTMENT
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THE ACT OF ACCUSATION

 

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INANE
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RIDICULOUS, LACKING SENSE

 

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SUMPTUOUS
Definition
LUXIOUS, COSTLY, DISPLAYING WEALTH
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UBIQUITOUS
Definition
ALWAYS PRESENT
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NUANCE
Definition
SUBTLETY, SLIGHT DIFFERENCE IN MEANING
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PENCHANT
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STRONG INCLINATION OR LIKING (FOR SOMETING)
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REPUTED
Definition
SUPPOSED OR ASSUMED TO BE BY REPUTATION
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MUNDANE
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COMMON, ORDINARY
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IGNOMINY
Definition
STATE OF DISGRACE OR SHAME
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INCREDULOUS
Definition
SHOWING DISBELIEF OR SKEPTICISM
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SCORN
Definition
DISLIKE, DISAPPROVAL
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SUPERCILIOUS
Definition
TALKING DOWN TO [SOMEONE] OR LOOKING DOWN AT [SOMEONE] IN A SNOBBY WAY
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INTIMATION
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SUGGESTION
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LANGUID
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WEAK, SLOW, WITHOUT SPIRIT
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HALLOW
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TO MAKE HOLY
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COMPLACENT
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SATISFIED, PLEASED WITH CURRENT CONDITIONS
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DELINEATE
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TO SKETCH OUT (LITERAL); TO VERBALLY PORTRAY (METAPHORICAL)
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WAN
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SICKLY, PALE, PATHETIC
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FEIGN
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TO PRETEND
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REPROACH
Definition
DISAPPROVAL
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TRANSLUCENT
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PERMITTING LIGHT TO PASS THROUGH, BUT THINGS ON THE OTHER SIDE ARE NOT CLEARLY VISIBLE
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CAUTERIZE
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TO BURN IN ORDER TO CURE
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ALABASTER
Definition
SMOOTH AND WHITE
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CONGEAL
Definition
TO CHANGE FROM A SOFT OR FLUID STATE TO A SOLID STATE (LITERAL); TO BECOME FIXED AS IDEAS OR BELIEFS (FIGURATIVE)
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EXEMPLARY
Definition
EXCELLENT
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QUINTESSENTIAL
Definition
ULTIMATE, IDEAL, PERFECT, BEST EXAMPLE OF, OR MODEL
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SCRUPULOUS
Definition
EXTREMELY HONEST AND CAREFUL TO DO RIGHT
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ENSHROUD
Definition
TO CONCEAL, TO WRAP UP
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LATTER
Definition
THE SECOND MENTIONED OF THE TWO
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GULLY
Definition
DITCH, GUTTER
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QUERY
Definition
A QUESTION, INQUIRY
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LAVE
Definition
TO WASH OR TO BATHE
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ACCRUE
Definition
TO ACCUMULATE, TO BUILD UP
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FERAL
Definition
WILD, RELATING TO A WILD BEAST; NOT DOMESTICATED
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OUTLANDISH
Definition
BIZARRE, RIDICULOUS, INCREDIBLY STRANGE
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IMBECILE
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IDIOT
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CHANGELING
Definition
AN UGLY, STUPID, OR STRANGE CHILD LEFT BY FAIRIES IN PLACE OF A PRETTY, CHARMING CHILD (FROM FOLKLORE)
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RENDER
Definition
TO MELT DOWN, TO CAUSE TO BE OR BECOME [SOMETHING]
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VISCERAL
Definition
INSTINCTIVE, AUTOMATIC
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TABLEAU
Definition
PICTURE, SCENE
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