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Word of The Day
Mrs.Steeves word of the day quiz
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English
10th Grade
12/10/2009

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Controversial
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different, not aggreeing
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Jubliant
Definition
feeling great joy
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Mockery
Definition
make a mockery of someone or something to make them feel worthless
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Somber
Definition
gloomy, sad, serious
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Guffawfing
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to laugh loudly and raucously
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Cohort
Definition
a band of associates
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Anecdote
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a short account of an event with humorous or amusing nature; often bibliographical
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Treacherous
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dangerous
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Futile
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useless
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Melancholy
Definition
prolonged depression/ sadness
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Gaudy
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Unpleasantly bright in color or decoration, tacky, cheap
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Macabre
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ghastly, horrorific
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Placid
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tranquil, peaceful, serenely quiet
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Pungent
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mentally stimulating or appealing
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Incorrigible
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beyond correction/repair
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Verbatim
Definition
copied word by word
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Provoke
Definition
to arose feelings (to anger)
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Cantankerous
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disagreeable to work with, ill tempered
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Sonorous
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a loud, deep, resonant sound
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acrid
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unpleasantly sharp, pungent
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juxaposition
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placed side by side
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Berated
Definition
to scold harshly
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Fascism
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a government that is military inforced
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Culmination
Definition
highest point, climax
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Raucous
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loud and harsh
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Propaganda
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the organized promotion of information to destroy or to assist the cause of the government or movement
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Hindsight
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the ability to analyse/understand past events to find out what should have been done in that situation or what/who caused it
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Calamity
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a great misfortune or disaster
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Defile
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to make foul, unpure, dirty
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Nefarious
Definition
extremely villainous, wickedness
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Dubious
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doubtfull
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Pogrom
Definition
An organized massacre of Jews
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Haste
Definition
swiftness
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Wherefore
Definition
Why
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Peril
Definition
danger
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Catalyst
Definition
a person or thing that causes an event or change
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Punt
Definition
kick
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Jargon
Definition
1.uninteligible,meaningless talk, gibberish
2. Any writing or talk someone does not understand
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Satire
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the use of sarcasm or irony to expose, denounce or scorn folly
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Colloquial
Definition
informal speach or writing, conversational
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