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Number 12
Unit 12 Vocabulary
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English
11th Grade
05/05/2009

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Aesthetic
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adj; pertaining to beauty; artistic
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Conjecture
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n; a guess or tentative theory

v; to make a guess

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Defunct
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adj; no longer in existence; dead
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Discomfit
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v; to defeat; to confuse or embarress
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Espouse
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v; to mkae up and support; to become attatched to
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Fetish
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n; an object of unreasoning devotion
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Gregarious
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adj; living together (literal); seeking the company of others
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Hapless
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adj; unlucky
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Impecable
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adj; flawless beyond criticism
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Importune
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v; to trouble with demands; to beg for
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Interpolate
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v; to present a correction; to insert between parts or things
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Irreparable
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adj; incapable of being repaired
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Laconic
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adj; using few words; concise
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Languish
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v; to become weak feeble or dull
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Mendacious
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adj; given to lying
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Nadir
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n; the lowest point; rock bottom
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Omnipresent
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adj; present in all places at all times
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Perfunctory
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adj; done in a half-hearted manner without interest or enthusiasm
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Plaintive
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adj; expressive of sorrow; meloncholy
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Requite
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v; to make retailiation; avenge
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Tantamount
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adj; equivalent; having the same meaning, value, or affect
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Unregenerate
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adj; stubbornly holding to old ideas and habits
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