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vocabulary week 4
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10th Grade
02/18/2011
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boon
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a gift or blessing
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bourgeois
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a middle class; capitalist
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brazen
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excessively bold; brash
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brusque
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short, abrupt, dismissive
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clandestine
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secret
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cleave
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to divide into parts
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consensus
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an agreement of opinion
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diffuse
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to scatter, thinout, break up
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dilatory
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tending to delay, causing delay
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diligent
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showing care in doing one's work
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elated
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overjoyed, thrilled
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elegy
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a speech given in honor of a dead person
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elicit
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to bring forth, to draw out, evoke
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eloquent
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expressive, articulate, moving
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flagrant
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offensive, egregious
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florid
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flowery, ornate
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flout
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to disregard or disobey openly
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incorrigible
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incapable of correction, delinquent
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metamorphosis
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the change of form, shape, substance
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meticulous
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extremely careful with details
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