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Mockingbird Vocab 11-31
Mockingbird Test
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English
10th Grade
04/18/2011

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Melancholy
Definition
Depression of spirits; dejection; a pensive mood; sadness
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umbrage
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resentful displeasure; personal offense
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rectitude
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straightness; righteousness
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interdict
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prohibition; an order forbidding something to be done
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palliation
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reduction of violence; moderation of intensity
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reconnaissance
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a preliminary survey to gain information
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undulate
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to form or move in waves; fluctuate
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propensities
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natural inclinations; leanings
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altercation
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a noisy or angry dispute; a quarrel
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austere
Definition
stern and forbidding in appearence and manner; somber; grave
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prerogative
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an exclusive or special right, power, or privilege
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obliquely
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indirectly, deviously, underhandedly
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infallible
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incapable of error, sure, certain
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acquiescence
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acceptance; assent
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sullen
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gloomy, resentfully silent or repressed, dismal
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futility
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fruitlessness, usefulness
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venerable
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respected or admired
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formidable
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causing fear, dread, or apprehension; awe inspiring
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acrimonious
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biting or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner
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haughty
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disdainfully proud, arrogant
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mollified
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appeased, assuaged
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impudent
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insolent, contempuous or cocky
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unmitigated
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not lessened, unrelieved
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temerity
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rashness, foolishness
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integrity
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honesty, incorruptibly
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cynical
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critical and distrustful of human nature and motives
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credibiility
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believablility
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furtive
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secretive
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wryly
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ironically humorous
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adamant
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unyielding, inflexible
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sordid
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base, vile, filthy
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impertinence
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insolence, rudeness
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bovine
Definition
of, relating to, or resembling the ox or cow
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persecuted
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harrassed, made to suffer because of ones beliefs
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notoriety
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the state of being widely and unfavorably known
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stealthily
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secretively; slyly
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irascible
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marked by hot temper and easily provoked to anger
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garishly
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glaringly, flashily, gaudily
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stolidly
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unemotionally
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apprehensive
Definition
fearful, filled with anxiety
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