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Seim Vocabulary 4
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Language - English
11th Grade
09/22/2008

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Adulate
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Verb - To show excessive admiration of devotion to; flatter or admire servilely; To flatter and praise so much its sickening
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Adulterate
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Verb - To debase or make impure, cheepen, make inferior
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Begrudge
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Verb - To envy or resent the pleasure or good fortune of someone
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Capricious
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Adjective - Subject to, led by, or indicative of whim erratic, unpredictable, whimsical
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Captious
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Adjective - Apt to notice and make much of trivial faults of defects; faultfinding; difficult to please
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Carrion
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Noun - Dead and putrefying/rotting flesh; rottenness; anything vile
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Delude
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Verb - To mislead the mind or judgement of, deceive
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Effigy
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Noun - Dummy or mannequin used for symbolic torturing, representation or image
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Fawning
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Verb - To exhibit affection or attempt to please; groveling; overly admiring
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Genre
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Noun - A class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique or the like
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Hallowed
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Adjective - Regarded as holy; venerated; sacred
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Imbibe
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Verb - To comsume (liquids) by drinking; to drink in or absorb
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Ken
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Noun - Range of knowledge, understanding, cognizance; mental perception
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Labyrinth
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Noun - An intricate combination of paths or passages in which it is difficult to find one's way or to reach the exit; complicated maze
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Macabre
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Adjective - Gruesome and horrifying; gastly; horrible; suggestive of horrible death or decay
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Nadir
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Noun - The absolute lowest point
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Obdurate
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Adjective - Unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn, unyielding; hardened against good influence
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Palatable
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Adjective - Acceptable or agreeable to the palate or taste; savory; good enough to be edible
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Quagmire
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Noun - An area of miry or boggy ground whose surface yields under the tread; a bog or swamp;difficult situation
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Rampage
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Noun - violent or excited behavior that is reckless, uncontrolled or destructive; course of wild behavior
Verb - To rush, move, or act furiously or violently
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