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Vocabulary ATOTC
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English
9th Grade
03/13/2008
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incredulous
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skeptical
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tumbrel
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farm cart used to carry prisoners
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retinue
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assistants
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myriads
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infinite numbers of
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evanescent
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short lived
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sonorous 
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relating to sound or making sound
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pecuniary
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relating to money
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gaunt
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thin, emaciated
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languish
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give up or back down
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admonish
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worn or advise someone of their duties
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implore
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beg, plead, or ask for
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asservate
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declaration of support of something
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immolate
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to burn or destroy
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olfactory
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pertaining to smell
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glean
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to gather
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engender
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to begin or bring forth
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commiserate
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sympathize
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porringer
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small bowl
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vehement
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vigorous, energetic, forceful
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pillory
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scaffold used for punishment
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appellation
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title, name
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bacchalanian
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durnken tendencies
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giddiness
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extreme happiness or energy
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efficacy
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efficiency
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fetters
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chains, shackles, restraints
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ubiquitous
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everywhere
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laudable
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applaudable
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talisman
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being with super powers
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docile
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follows rules; easily controlled
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grisly
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gruesome, repugnant
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sagacity
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soundness of judgement, wisdom
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ardor
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fiery intensity of feeling
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incorrigible
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not easily changed
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vortex
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highest point of something; eye of the storm
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tumult
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commotion or disturbance in a crowd
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billows
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a great swell, surge, or undulating mass
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squalid
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foul and repulsive
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miscreant
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villian, criminal
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viands
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munchies; bits of food
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chivalrous
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considerate and courteous to women
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attenuated
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weakened
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contagion
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the spread of disease
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balustrade
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railing on side of staircase or balcony
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dissimulate
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to disguise
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munificent
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extremerly liberal in giving; generous
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tocsin
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a bell used to sound and alarm
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remonstrate
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to say or plead in protest
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solicitude
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care
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raze
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to scrape or shave off; to demolish
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sequester
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to sieze
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