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Vocabulary List 6
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English
10th Grade
11/28/2007

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certitude
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(N) assurance, freedom from doubt
the feeling of certainty
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chimerical
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(ADJ) fanciful;imaginary, impossible
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circumvent
Definition
(V) to go around, avoid
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defamatory
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(ADJ) injurious to the reputation
reputation destroying
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dissident
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(ADJ) disagreeing with an established religious or political system
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doctrinaire
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(ADJ) rigidly devoted to theories without regard for practicality
believing in impractical theories
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fallacious
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(ADJ) tending to decieve or mislead; based on a fallacy
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febrile
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(ADJ) feverish, marked by intense emotion or activity
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heretical
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(ADJ)departing from accepted beliefs or standards, oppositional
opposing accepted standards or beliefs
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hubris
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(N) excessive pride or self-confidence
bragging personality
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macabre
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(ADJ) having death as a subject; dwelling on the gruesome
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opprobrious
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(ADJ) disgraceful, shameful
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recidivism
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(N) a tendency to fall back into a previous behavior, especially criminal behavior
to go back to bad habits
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remuneration
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(N) payment for goods or services or to recompense for losses
compensation or payment in the form of money
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salacious
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(ADJ) appealing to sexual desire
erotic
sexually arousing
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