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For the winter final
100
English
10th Grade
12/15/2007

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Assail

 
 
 
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To attack violently with blows or words

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Augur

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To predict the future

 

 

 

 

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Aught 

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Nothing/ all, everything

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Augment

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To make greater

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Beguile

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To deceive

 

 

 

    

 

 

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Chastise

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To inflict punishment on

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Chide

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To scold

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Cleave

 

 

 

 

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To split, cut/ to adhere

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Corporal

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Relating to the body/ substantial

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Countenance

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Appearance/ bearing

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Dauntless

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Fearless/ undaunted

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Deign

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To stoop/ to condescend to give

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Disdain

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Contempt for something inferior

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Eminence

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A position of prominence/ a person of high rank

 

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Exasperate

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To annoy/ to excite the anger of

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Equivocate

 

 

 

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To say something ambiguous

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Furbish

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To renovate/ to polish

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Harbinger

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A forerunner, a precursor

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Heath

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A tract of wasteland, uncultivated land

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Herald

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To announce/ to signal the approach of

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Homage

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Expression of high regard, respect/ tribute

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Interim

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An intervening time, an interval

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Jocund

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Marked by high spirits, mirthfulness

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Jovial

 

 

 

 

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Good-humored, merry

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Lechery

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Excessive indulgence in sexual activity

 

 

 

 

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Levy

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To impose or collect by legal authority

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Liege

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A loyal subject/ a feudal superior

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Metaphysical

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Immaterial, not substantial

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Mirth

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Gladness, often accompanied with laughter

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Missive

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Message, letter

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Palpable 

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Tangible, easily perceptible

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Parley

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To discuss terms with an enemy, to confer

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Plight

 

 

 

 

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An unfortunate, dangerous situation

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Posterity

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One's descendents

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Predominant

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Part of a majority

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Purge

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To cleanse/ to get rid of 

 

 

 

 

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Quell

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To put down (for example a rebellion)

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Ratify

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To formally approve and sanction

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Recompense

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To give compensation

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Requited

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Returned (for example love)

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Rue

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To regret

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Scepter

 

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A royal staff or baton/ sovereignty

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Scuples

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Morals

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Sentinel

 

 

 

 

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Someone who keeps watch

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Spurn

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To reject with disdain or contempt

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Sundry

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Various

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Surfeit

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Excess

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Surmise

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To infer

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Thriftless

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Wasteful

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Buffet

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To strike

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Twain

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Two

 

 

 

 

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Utterance

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Something that is uttered/ vocal expression

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Vantage

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An advantageous position

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Verities

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Truths

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Wanton

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Lewd/ extravagant/ cruel

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Wayward

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Following one's own inclinations

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Whither

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To what place

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Wrought

 

 

 

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Worked, created

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Suffer

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To endure

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Dogmatic

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Strictly adhering to one's religious principles

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Skeptical

 

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Doubtful, disbelieving

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Cordial

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A kind of alcoholic beverage

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Nomenclature

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A system of naming/ the act of naming

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Admonish

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To give friendly warning

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Reverence

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Honor or respect shown or felt

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Extort

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To take by force or ingenuity

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Latent

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Present but invisible

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Abide

 

 

 

 

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To obey or adhere to a set of rules/ to tolerate

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Bestow

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To give, grant

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Eminent

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Being of eminence

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Impart

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To give/ to disclose

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Deliverance

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Liberation, rescue

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Disconcerted

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 Embarrased, to have one's composure disturbed 

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Piquant

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Spicy/ provocative

 

 

 

 

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Nonchalant

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Indifferent

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Encumber

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To burden/ to impede or hamper

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Eclat

 

 

 

 

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Dazzling display

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Affected

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Marked by or given to artificiality

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Aversion

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A desire to avoid something

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Integrity

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Incorruptibility, soundness

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Wont to

 

 

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In the habit of

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Ephemeral

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Short-lived

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Capitulate

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To surrender

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Expiate

 

 

 

Definition

 

 

 

 

To make amends for

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Extenuating

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Mitigating

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Forbear

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To abstain/ ancestor

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Unmediated

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Not transformed by an intervening agency

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Endemic

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Native to

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Pomp

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An ostentatious display

 

 

 

 

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Banal

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Dull

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Serene

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Peaceful

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Astute

 

 

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Shrewd

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Debacle

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A catastrophic failure

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Surreptitious

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Sneaky, suspicious

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Capricious

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Impulsive, unpredictable

 

 

 

 

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Innocuous

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Harmless

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Tawdry

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Cheap and gaudy in quality or appearance

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Resplendent

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Shining, brilliant

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Adulation

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Adoration/ flattery

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Convoluted

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