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Seim Vocabulary 3
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English
11th Grade
09/09/2008

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Accolade
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any award, honor, or laudatory notie
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Accost
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to confront boldly
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Adroit
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expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body
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Bawdy
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indecent; lewd; obscene
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Beatific
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bestowing bliss, blessings, happiness, or the like
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Candor
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the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression
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Cantankerous
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disagreeable to deal with; contentious
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Capacious
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capable of holding much; spacious or roomy
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Capitulate
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to agree or surrender according to arrange or proposed terms
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Debase
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to reduce in quality or value; adulterate
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Decoy
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a person who entices or lures another person or thing, as into danger, a trap, or the like
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Efface
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to wipe out; do away with; expunge
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Effete
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lacking in wholesome strength or force
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Fallacious
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logically unsound; misleading
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Fastidious
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excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please
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Fatuous
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inanely foolish and unintelligent
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Garbled
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to confuse unintentionally or ignorantly; jumble
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Garrulous
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talkative; wordy
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Haggard
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having a gaunt, wasted, or exhausted appearance from prolonged suffering, exertion, or anxiety; worn
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Ignominious
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marked by or attended with ignominy; discreditable; humiliating
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Ignominy
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disgrace; dishonor; public contempt
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