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Night RJ 1
First Vocabulary.
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English
10th Grade
01/26/2011

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Insinuate
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To introduce or otherwise convey
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Billet
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a short personal letter
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Rescind
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cancel officially
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Surreptitous
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marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
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irrevocably
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Impossible to retract or revoke
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hermetically
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in an airtight manner
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abyss
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a bottomless gulf or pit
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tumult
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a state of commotion and noise and confusion
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notorious
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known widely and usually unfavorably
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interspersed
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Placed at intervals amongst other things
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lucidity
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clarity: free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression
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harangued
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address forcefully
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poignant
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affecting: arousing affect
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wizened
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shriveled: lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness;
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altruistic
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showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others
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cynical
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believing the worst of human nature and motives
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