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vocabulary d part 1
first master vocab
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10th Grade
10/20/2008
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verbatim
 Definition
in exactly the same words
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colloquium
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an academic meeting or discussion
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forensic
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reffereing to legal proceedings
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declaim
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to speak loudly or passionately
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valediction
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farewell speech
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interdiction
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the act of forbidding
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indite
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to write
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edict
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a proclamation issued by an authority
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affable
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friendly, polite
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ineffable
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indescribable
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apologist
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a person who makes an argument in support of something
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epigram
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a short witty saying
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epigraph
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an inscription
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conscription
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a military draft
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proscribe
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to denounce
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alliteration
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repeating the some sound at the beggingg of a word
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plebiscite
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a direct vote by the people
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putative
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reputed
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impute
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to attribute a quality to
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arraign
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to call to court to answer charges
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physiognomy
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judging human charachter by their face
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dogma
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doctrines put forward by authority
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expiate
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to atone for
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apotheosis
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making a god out of something
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