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Importance of Being Earnest Vocab
ACTs I, II, and III of Oscar Wilde's 'The Important of Being Earnest'
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General Vocab
12th Grade
01/10/2012
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apoplexy
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stroke (annurism)
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conduce
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contribute
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cynical
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distrustful of human nature (evil against people)
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expurgations
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removals of objectionable elements
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forte
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strong point or speciality
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glibly
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nonchalantly, with easy lack of concern
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indecorous
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unseemly, not proper
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invariably
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in an unchanging manner
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lax
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not strictly
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metaphysical
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abstract, theoretical
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profligate
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dissolute, immoral
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propounding
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putting forward for consideration
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purple
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high ranks (royalty)
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salver
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serving tray
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semi-recumbent
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half laying down
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senteniously
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in a prompously moralizing manner
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surmised
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guessed
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tedious
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boring, tiresomely dull
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apprehensions
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fears
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ardous
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difficult
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chafe
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become irritated
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chronicle
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record
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debonnaire
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suave
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demeanor
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outward manner
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effeminate
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unmanly
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emigrating
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leaving one's country to live somewhere else
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equanimity
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the quality of being even-tempered under stress (relaxed when stressed)
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interment
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burial
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lorgnette
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eyeglass with a handle (for like theater and stuff)
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machinations
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scheming, crafty actions
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misanthrope
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a persion who hates or distrusts humaity
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neologistic
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relating to a newly coined word
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philanthropic
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humanitarian, promoting human welfare
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portmanteus
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large suitcases
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presumtuous
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excessively confident
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Quixotic
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inpractically idealistic
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reconciliation
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restoration of friendship
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superciliously
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in a haughtily scornful manner, disdainfully
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utilitarian
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emphasizing usefulnesss over beauty
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vacillating
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wavering
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apprised
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informed
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credulity
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willingness to believe too readily
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effrontery
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disrespectful boldness
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insuperable
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incapable of being overcome
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irrevocable
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unalterable
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ostentatiously
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showily
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Oxonian
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a graduate of Oxforn University
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quails
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cowers
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solicitors
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lawyers
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tutelage
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state of being under a guardian
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