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Vocabulary Energizers II
Chapter III
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English
9th Grade
10/22/2009

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chimerical
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adj. impractical
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asinine
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adj. stupid, silly
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bellwether
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n. leader

(sheep)

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limbo
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n. place or state of neglect
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plagiarize
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v. use others ideas as ones own

(paper)

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titanic
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adj. enormous in size or strength

(titanic ship)

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irony
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n. expression that means opposite of what is stated
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effete
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adj. worn-out, unproductive, barren
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hyperbole
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n. obviously extravagant statement
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diabolic
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adj. outrageously wicked

(plankton)

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