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(Imrpov/QUACK)
36
General Vocab
9th Grade
04/02/2008

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Connoisseur
Definition
An expert, partially in matters if art and taste
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Asunder
Definition
Apart
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Raze
Definition
to tear down, demolish to the ground
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Blighted
Definition
Ruined, destroyed, withered
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Aghast

Definition
Horrified
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Milieu
Definition
Environment; surroundings
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Arduous
Definition
Hard, difficult, tired
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Coterie
Definition
A circle of close friends or associates; inner circle
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Awry
Definition
Twisted, crooked, out of whack, askew; wrong
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Table
Definition
To remove from consideration; post pone
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Harried
Definition
To be troubled or bothered
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Irascible
Definition
Easily angered; irritable
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Congenial
Definition
Pleasent to be around, social, agreeing
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Boisterous
Definition
Rowdy
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Chimerical
Definition
bizarre; far out
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Vertigo
Definition
The sensation of dizziness; a confused dsoriented state of mind
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Fallacious

Definition
fales; wrong incorrect
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Impasse
Definition
Dead end (impassable)
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Zeal
Definition
Enthusiasm
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Berate
Definition
To scold severley
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Atone
Definition

To make up, as for errors

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lewd
Definition
lustful or indecent
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salacious

Definition
lustful, lecherous
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Eugenics
Definition
the study or belief in the possibility of improving the qualities of humans
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Equivocate
Definition
to be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or with information
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Travesty
Definition
A very bad likeness of something, a horribly done imitation
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Impudent
Definition
someone or something that is characterized by offensive boldness
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Poshumous
Definition
arising, occuring, or continuing after one's death
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jaded
Definition
worn out or wearied by overuse
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succint

Definition
expressed in few words; concise
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recompense
Definition
to repay or reward
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prevaricate
Definition
to speak fairly or misleadingly
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JOcular
Definition
characterized by joking, funny
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curtail
Definition
to cut short, cut off
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mercurial
Definition

ever-changing

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monotheism
Definition
the belief that their is only one GOD
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