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RL Turner 2009-2010 English Vocabulary 24
Vocab Week 24 RL Turner
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12th Grade
01/29/2010

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221: Anecdotal
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pertaining to, resembling, or containing anecdotes; based on personal observation, case study reports, or random investigations rather than systematic scientific evaluation
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222: Annihilation
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the act or an instance of annihilating; the state of being annihilated; extinction; destruction
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223: Conspicuous
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easily seen or noticed; readily visible or observable; attracting special attention, as by outstanding qualities or eccentricities
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224: Despondent
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feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, discouragement, or gloom
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225: Dissipate
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to scatter in various directions; disperse; dispel; to spend or use wastefully or extravagantly; squander; deplete
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226: Endorse
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to approve, support, or sustain;
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227: Expound
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to set forth or state in detail; to explain; interpret
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228: Secular
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of or pertaining to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; not pertaining to or connected with religion; occurring or celebrated once in an age or century
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229: Subtle
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thin, tenuous, or rarefied, as a fluid or an odor; fine or delicate in meaning or intent; difficult to perceive or understand; delicate or faint and mysterious
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230: Supercilious
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haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.
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