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Vocabulary Book the Second
Chapters 1-12
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English
12th Grade
02/07/2013
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incommodious
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uncomfortable
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extemporized
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improvised
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urchin
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mischievous youngster
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deprecated
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expressed disapproval of
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reversionary
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relating to the act of returning
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cogitated
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pondered, meditated
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superscribed
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wrote on the outside of a letter or envelope
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proviso
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qualifying clause, stipulation
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immolate
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kill as a sacrifice
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asservation
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earnest declaration
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unimpeachable
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beyond doubt or reproach
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antipathies
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enmities, hatreds
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refection
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refreshment with food and drink
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soliciter
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lawyer
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incumbent
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required, obligatory
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barrister
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type of lawyer
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laconic
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terse
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Bacchannalian
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tending toward drunken celebration
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eke
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also
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glib
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easy and often superficial in speech
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hob
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projection on the fireplace for keeping something warm
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bumper
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a brimming drinking vessel
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throttle
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throat
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blight
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something that frustrates hopes
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imputation
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accusation
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retributive
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reward or punishment, especially in the hereafter
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compunction
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remorse
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albeit
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although
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footpads
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people who rob pedestrians
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escutcheon
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shield bearing coat of arms
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manifest
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clearly apparent
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episcopal
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relating to government by a hierarchy
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cowed
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intimidated
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fagged
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toiled
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propitiate
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gain the favor of
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clemency
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mercifulness
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felicitously
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pleasantly
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obsequiousness
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subservience, excessive attentiveness
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precipitated
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hurled downward
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flambeau
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flaming torch
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incommode
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inconvenience
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poniarded
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pierced or killed by a type of dagger
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comportable
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in accordance with
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incorrigible
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incapable of being corrected or reformed
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ostentatious
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pretentiously showy
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