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English 10 Set 2
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10th Grade
01/21/2013
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alacrity
 Definition
briskness, lively action
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disdain
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contempt
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belligerent
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warlike
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intimidate
 Definition
to overawe
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feint
 Definition
a false attack
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pugnacious
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quarrelsome
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promulgate
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to make known officially
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brash
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impudent
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scoff
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to sneer at
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belittle
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to make seem less important
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tangible
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having actual form
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laceration
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jagged wound
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castigate
 Definition
to correct by punishing
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sordid
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dirty, base
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octogenarian
 Definition
person in his or her eighties
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solace
 Definition
easing of grief
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aspirant
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candidate for high position
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dregs
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most worthless part
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frenzy
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wild fit
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scurrilous
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coarse
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rampant
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going unchecked, widespread
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inane
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foolish
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ethics
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code of principles
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concur
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agree
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clandestine
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secret, undercover
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flagrant
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outrageous, glaringly bad
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admonish
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to warn, to reprove
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duress
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compulsion, force
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culprit
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the guilty person
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inexorable
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inflexible, unrelenting
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egregious
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remarkably bad
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distraught
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mentally confused, crazed
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duplicity
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cunning, trickery
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acrimonious
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bitter
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paucity
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scarcity
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elicit
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to draw forth
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pernicious
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harmful, causing injury
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tolerate
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to put up with, to bear
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construe
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to make a deduction, to infer
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impunity
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freedom from punishment
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affluent
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rich
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feasible
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possible
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discern
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perceive
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sally
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suddenly rush forth
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consternation
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dismay
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precocious
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reaching maturity early
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perfunctory
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done without care, superficial
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chagrin
 Definition
feeling of disappointment, humiliation
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perverse
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contrary, persisiting in error
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deride
 Definition
to ridicule, scoff at
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disparage
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to discredit, belittle
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laudable
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praiseworthy
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fiasco
 Definition
complete failure
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masticate
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to chew up
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eschew
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avoid
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quell
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put an end to
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voluble
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talkative
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confidant(e)
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one to whom you confide your secrets
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obsolescence
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process of wearing out
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dubious
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doubtful
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to throw down the gauntlet
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to challenge someone
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feeling no pain
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drunk
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Hobson's choice
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to have no choice at all
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to rule the roost
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to be in charge, to be master
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stock in trade
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the goods, tools, and other requisites of a profession
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to take down a peg
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to take the conceit out of a braggart
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to pass the buck
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to evade responsibility
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to lionize a person
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to make a big fuss over someone
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I'm from Missouri
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a skeptic, one who is not easily convinced
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red-letter day
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day of happiness, time for rejoicing
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to let sleeping dogs lie
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to let well enough alone, to avoid stirring up old hostilities
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thumbs down
 Definition
signal of rejection
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