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Vocabulary- A Seperate Peace
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English
9th Grade
09/05/2010

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Capacious
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Adjective: containing or capable of containing a great deal (Latin)
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Chronic
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Adjective: always present or encountered (French)
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Clamor
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Verb: to make a din (Middle English)
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Conniver
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Noun: a person who cooperates secretly conspires (French)
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Consternation
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noun: amazement or dismay tyhat hinders or throws into confusion (Latin)
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Deign
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Verb: to do somthing one considers below ones dignity (Middle English
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Droll
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Adjective: having a humorous, whimsical or odd quality (French)
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Formidable
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Adjective: causing fear, dread, or apprehension (French)
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Grandeur
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Noun: the quality or state of being grand (French)
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Grave
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Noun: serious or solemn (Middle English)
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Inane
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Adjective: lacking sense, significance, or ideas (Latin)
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Indignation
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Noun: strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, or insulting (Middle English)
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Indulgent
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Adjective: characterized by or showing indulgence (Latin)
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Infer
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Verb: to draw a conclusion (Latin)
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Inveigle
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Verb: to acquire, win, or obtain by beguiling talk or methods (Anglo-French)
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Irate
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Adjective: Angry, enraged (Latin)
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Mire
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Noun: a tract or area of wet, swampy ground (Middle English)
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Nondescript
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Adjective: undistinguished or uninteresting; dull (Latin)
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Protruding
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Verb: to project (Latin)
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Ramshackle
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Adjective: loosely made or held together (Middle English)
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Regimen
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Noun: a regulated course, as of diet, exercise, or manner of living, intended to preserve or restore health or to attain some result (Middle English)
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Resonant
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Adjective: resounding or echoing, as sounds (Latin)
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Straitlaced
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Adjective: excessively strict in conduct or morality; puritanical; prudish (Middle English)
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Unempathetic
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Adjective: without empathy (Greek)
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Unhinged
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Adjective: unsettled, disordered, or distraught (Middle English)
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