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Pre AP9 Vocabulary
pre vocab for 2nd semester final
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English
9th Grade
06/07/2009

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Venerable
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(adj) Commanding respect because of age or dignity
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Augment
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(v) to increase; enlarge
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Edifice
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(n) A large, usually impressive building
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Transgression
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(n) Wrongdoing; sin
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Heretic
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(n) one holding a belief opposite the church teachings.
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Valiant
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(adj) Courageous; brave
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Portentous
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(adj) Foreboding or prophetic
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Posterity
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(n) Future generations
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Reconcile
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(v) to harmonize or settle; to make friendly again
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Chaos
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(n) utter confusion or disorder
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Abhor
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(v) to detest utterly; dislike intensely
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Gaudy
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(adj) Showy; without taste; flashy; ostentatious
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Sublime
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(adj) elevated or lofty, as in thought; inspiring awe
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Cunning
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(n) cleverness; slyness
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Variable
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(adj) changeable; inconstant
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Sallow
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(adj) of a sickly pale-yellowish complexion
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Fickle
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(adj) casually changeable or inconstant
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Lamentable
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(adj) distressing or sad
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Unwieldy
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(adj) awkward, clumsy
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Fray
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(n) a noisy quarrel; a fight
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Rapier
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(n) a slender, double-edged sword
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Surcease
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(n) a temporary halt; end
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Herald
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(n) a royal or official messenger; one who proclaims or announces
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Arbitrator
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(n) one who decides a dispute; judge
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Inundate
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(v) to cover...as in a flood
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Dismal
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(adj) causing gloom or misery
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Pensive
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(adj) thinking deeply or seriously
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Tithe
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(n) a percentage (often one tenth) of one's income offered to support a church
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Rapscallion
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(n) a rascal or rogue (criminally dishonest/playfully mischievous)
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Insurrection
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(n) an outbreak against an established gov't or authority; rebellion; revolt
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Trifle
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(n) something of very little value or importance
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Hypocrisy
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(n) pretense of having desirable or approved qualities/principles one does not possess
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Sepulcher
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(n) a burial vault of rock or stone
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Melancholy
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(n) a gloomy state of mind; (adj) depressed
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Grievance
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(n) injustice; complaint
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Prevail
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(v) to prove superior in power or influence
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Pernicious
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(adj) causing great injury or ruin
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Quaff
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(v) to drink heartily
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Adorn
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(v) to add beauty to; to ornament
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Intimately
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(adv) characterized by close personal relations or warm friendship
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Pilgrimage
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(n) a long journey
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Vile
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(adj) worthless; cheap
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Vial
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(n) a small bottle
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Solace
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(n) something that provides comfort or consolation
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Dirges
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(n) funeral songs
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Procure
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(v) get; obtain
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Estranged
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(adj) turned away in feeling or affection
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Despondent
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(adj) depressed through loss of hope or courage
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Paramour
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(n) an illicit (not legally permitted) lover
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Quell
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(v) to suppress, crush or quiet
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