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School Vocabulary 2/02/12
lesson 32
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Language - English
11th Grade
02/01/2012

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amenity
Definition
agreeable ways or manners; quality of being agreeable or plesant
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anathema
Definition
a vigorous denunciation;
one who is intensely disliked
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atypical
Definition
unusual or abnormal;
odd
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balky
Definition
contrary
refusing to proceed in an expected direction
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bourgeois
Definition
middle class
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concert
Definition
agreement in purpose or feeling, united
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confluence
Definition
a coming together (joint)
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corpulence
Definition
obesity
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dirge
Definition
funeral hymn, lament
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disconcerting
Definition
upsetting, frustrating
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endemic
Definition
peculiar to or a trait of a group or area
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indict
Definition
to charge or accuse
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latent
Definition
not visible, dormant
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monumental
Definition
of importance
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oscillating
Definition
moving back and forth
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pithy
Definition
concise and meaningful
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*****premeditated*****
Definition
thought out beforehand
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presage
Definition
something that foreshadows a future event;
foreknowledge of the future
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quixotic
Definition
idealistic but impracticalre
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reserve
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self-restraint
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stasis
Definition
motionless, stagnation
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warranted
Definition
justified
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