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English Vocab for final
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English
9th Grade
05/31/2010

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Vacuous
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empty; without contents; without ideas or intelligence.
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Tyro
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a beginner, a person lacking experience.
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Savant
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a very knowledgeable person; a genius
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Peccadillo
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a small sin or fault
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ineffable
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indescribable; inexpressible in words; unspeakable
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Emulate
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to stive to equal or excel typically through imitation
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Corroborate
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to strengthen or support
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Abscond
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to leave secretly and quickly, often to avoid the law.
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Banal
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commonplace or trite; so lacking originality as to be boring or obvious
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Exorbitant
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exceeding customary or normal limits especially in quantity or price
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MIsanthrope
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one who hates people
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Sagacious
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having a sharp or powerful intellect or discernment
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misogynist
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one who hates women
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iconoclast
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one who attacks traditional ideas or ideals. one who destroys scared images.
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inchoate
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in initial or early stage; incomplete; disorganized.
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