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Vocabulary Unit 3
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English
10th Grade
10/28/2008

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Abhor
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v. to regard with horror or detestation
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Altercation
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n. an angry, noisy dispute; a heated argument
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Asperity
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n. severity of manner, temper, or language; sharpness or roughness of temper, tone, manner or language
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Bucolic
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adj. of, or pertaining to, sheperds or herdsmen; of, or pertaining to, country life
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Circumspect
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adj. guarded in conduct; cautious, prudent
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Copious
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adj. large in number or quantity
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Demur
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v. 1. to take exception or offer objections to something, often because of scruples 2. in law to interpose a pleading that although the facts as presented by the other side are true they are not sufficient on which to build a case
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Docile
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adj. easy to manage, teach or discipline
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Equitable
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adj. impartial, just
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Extenuate
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v. to make smaller or weaker in degree; to lessen, or treat as less severe than it is (said of crime, illness, etc.)
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Flagrant
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adj. conspicuously offensive: so obviously inconsistent with what is right or proper as to appear to be a flouting of law or morality
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Harrow
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v. to afflict the mind or feelings; to torment; to vex severely
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Impasse
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n. a predicament that leaves one no escape
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Inference
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n. a conclusion reached on the basis of reasoning from data or premises
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Latent
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adj. present in some form, but not visible or fully realized
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Mundane
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adj. pertaining to the world, universe, or earth (as contrasted with heaven); ordinary
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Odium
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n. the state or quality of being hated; the disgrace attached to something hated or reproachful
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pertinent
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adj. fitting or appropriate; pertaining to th ematter in hand
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Punctilious
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adj. scrupulously exact or attentive to the nice points of manners, dress, procedure
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Sacrilegious
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adj. treating holy matters irreverently
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