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Ms Winters Vocab 14
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10th Grade
02/28/2013

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Martinet
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someone who stubbornly adheres to methods or rules. (noun)
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Obviate
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to anticipate and prevent or eliminate (difficulties, disadvantages,etc.) by effective measures; render unnecessary: (Verb)
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Renegade
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a person who deserts a party or cause for another. (noun)
-of or like a renegade; traitorous.(ADJ)
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Reprehensible
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deserving of reproof, rebuke, or censure; blameworthy.(ADJ)
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Somber
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gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted:(ADJ)
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Squalid
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foul and repulsive, as from lack of care or cleanliness; neglected and filthy. (ADJ)
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Turbulent
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being in a state of agitation or tumult; disturbed:(ADJ)
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Vociferous
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crying out noisily(ADJ)
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Voluminous
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forming, filling, or writing a large volume or many volumes (ADJ)
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Waive
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to refrain from claiming or insisting on; give up; forgo(verb)
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