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Vocab Week 14
Vocab Week 14
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English
12th Grade
11/13/2007
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Adulterate
 Definition
to make impure, to corrupt
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Animosity
 Definition
hatred
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Apocryphal
 Definition
not genuine, of doubtful origin
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Avarice
 Definition
greed for wealth
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Coalesce
 Definition
to merge
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Collaborate
 Definition
to work together
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Cryptic
 Definition
mysterious, secret
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Desultory
 Definition
Jumping Around, aimless, random
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Dissipation
 Definition
wasteful spending, squandering
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Edifying
 Definition
instructing and improving spiritually or morally
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Equivocate
 Definition
to attempt to lie, to mislead
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Espousing
 Definition
marrying
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Hedonist
 Definition
one who seeks pleasure as the sole aim in life
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Indefatigable
 Definition
tireless, incapable of being fatigued
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Interminable
 Definition
having or seeming to have no end
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Naive
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unsophisticated, inexperienced
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Parody
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humorous or ridiculous imitation
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Peripheral
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on the edge, not important
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Portent
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a sign or forewarning
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Prodigious
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extraordinary in bulk, quantity, or degree, great in size
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Profane
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showing contempt toward sacred things
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Respite
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a rest, a delay, a period of relief
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Sordid
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filthy, foul
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Surfeited
 Definition
fed or supplied to excess
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Trifling
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not significant, frivolous
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