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Word Smart Definitions- First Trimester
English 9 vocabulary terms
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9th Grade
11/10/2010
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Impugn
 Definition
to attack someone's good name
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Plebeian
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common
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Lampoon
 Definition
to parody
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Bucolic
 Definition
charmingly rural
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Metamorphosis
 Definition
sudden change in form
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Pristine
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pure
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Vitriolic
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Full of bitterness
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Succumb
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to give in; die
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Peccadillo
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minor offense
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Ubiquitous
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everywhere at once
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Nostalgia
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sentimental longing for the past
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Vitiate
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to pollute
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Rapacious
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Greedy
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Fortuitous
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lucky coincidence
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Prudent
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careful and sensible
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Sublime
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awesome
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Iconoclast
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one who goes against established institutions
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Engender
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to create or bring into existence
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Propitious
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marked by favorable signs or conditions
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Equitable
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fair
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Flagrant
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obvious; glaringly so
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Inane
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lacking sense
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Comprise
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to include or contain
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Indolent
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lazy
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Exult
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praise
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Vex
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annoy
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Taciturn
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naturally untalkative
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Castigate
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severely criticize
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Reprehensible
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blameworthy
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Tout
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to solict bbusiness and such troublesomely pressingly
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Prodigy
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child showing extreme amounts of talent
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Antipathy
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strong dislike
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Perfunctory
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done with a routine attitude
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Recant
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to publicly take back or deny
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Incongruous
 Definition
inappropriate
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Lucid
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clear
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Pertinent
 Definition
dealing with the matter at hand
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Tenable
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defensible
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Protract
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to prolong
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endemic
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native
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Enigma
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a mystery
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Petulant
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rude
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Quixotic
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idealistic to a foolish degree
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Juxtapose
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put next to
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Grandiose
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absurdly exaggerated
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Usurp
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seized wrongfully
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Delude
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to fool
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Curtail
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to shorten
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Hapless
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unlucky
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Homily
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