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Vocabulary words from Chapter 10.
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12th Grade
03/26/2013
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abjure
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renounce
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badinage
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teasing remarks
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brio
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spirited zest
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concurrent
 Definition
occurring together
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depraved
 Definition
thoroughly corrupt
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extemporize
 Definition
make up as one goes along
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ineffable
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unutterable
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iterate
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repeat
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maniac
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violently insane person
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obeisances
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gestures of respect
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pleonasm
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superfluous word or phrase
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recondite
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beyond ordinary understanding
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sanguinary
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murderous, bloody
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terpsichorean
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dancing
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unequivocal
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clear and explicit
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ascribe
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attribute
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bicameral
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having two chambers
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caulk
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stop up
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dais
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raised platform
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elucidate
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explain
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hegemony
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dominance
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interdict
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prohibit
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jingoism
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stridently aggressive patriotism
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mawkish
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sentimental
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overrule
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decide against
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quiescent
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inactive
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redeem
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deliver from evil, win back, make good on, release
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shibboleth
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thing that serves to separate one group from another
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topography
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surface features
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uxorious
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excessively devoted to one's wife
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avail
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be of use
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bilingual
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able to speak two languages
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choreography
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dance movements on stage
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demure
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modestly shy
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ensconce
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conceal, settled in place
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indeterminate
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not clearly established
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inviolable
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that cannot be broken
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licentious
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wanton
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mode
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manner
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modish
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fashionable
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piscatorial
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of fishing
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reciprocal
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corresponding but reversed, mutually experienced
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subaltern
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junior officer, subordinate
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underwrite
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agree to finance, assume any liability under
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veracious
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habitually truthful
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