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Shakespeare Is Hip-Hop Unit 2
Flocabulary
56
English
11th Grade
08/17/2008

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QUOTIDIAN
Definition
daily, everyday
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FEY
Definition
magical
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GAY
Definition
happy, cheery, or homosexual
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PERVASIVE
Definition
inclined to spread
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DOUSE
Definition
to drench, saturate
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PLIABLE
Definition
flexible, bendable
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NEOLOGISM
Definition
the creation of new words, or a new word
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COMMENDABLE
Definition
worthy of praise
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PROFUSE
Definition
abundant
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ABUNDANT
Definition
in great numbers
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RADIANT
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bright, beaming
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FECUND
Definition
fertile, fruitful
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FORESTALL
Definition
to delay, impede
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POACH
Definition
to hunt or fish illegally
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FETTER
Definition
to restrain, chain, tie
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FIGURATIVE
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symbolic
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MYRIAD
Definition
many, of great numbers
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PLETHORA
Definition
a great number, an abundance
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SACROSANCT
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sacred, holy
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FABRICATE
Definition
to invent, make up, concoct
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FACILE
Definition
easy
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FATUOUS
Definition
silly, foolish
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PERFUNCTORY
Definition
showing little enthusiasm
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MANDATORY
Definition
required, not optional
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FLACCID
Definition
limp
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FLABBERGASTED
Definition
astounded, stupefied
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FORAGE
Definition
to rummage, scavenge, graze for food
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LICENTIOUS
Definition
immoral, lewd
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LEWD
Definition
vulgar, offensive, rude
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PROFANE
Definition
indecent, blasphemous
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FORTUITOUS
Definition
lucky, occurring by chance
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SERENDIPITY
Definition
the act of finding things not sought, luck
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ABROGATE
Definition
to abolish, often by authority
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ALGID
Definition
frigid, cold
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BRUMAL
Definition
wintry, relating to winter
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HEIMAL
Definition
wintry, relating to winter
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IMPECUNIOUS
Definition
excessively poor
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HAPLESS
Definition
unlucky
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HIATUS
Definition
an interruption in continuity, a break
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GREGARIOUS
Definition
sociable, outgoing
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INQUISITOR
Definition
someone who asks questions or makes an inquiry
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INIQUITY
Definition
a wicked act, a sin
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GOAD
Definition
to urge, provoke
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INGENIOUS
Definition
marked by special intelligence
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SUBSIST
Definition
to live, exist
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NOTORIETY
Definition
infamy, known in bad regard
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BLANDISH
Definition
to coax through flattery
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FLATTERY
Definition
compliments, sycophancy
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INNOCUOUS
Definition
harmless
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NEONATE
Definition
a newborn baby
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NEONATE
Definition
a newborn baby
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INCESSANT
Definition
without interruption
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NARRATE
Definition
to tell a story
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FLOUT
Definition
to scorn, ignore, show contempt for
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PEDAGOGUE
Definition
a school teacher
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BUFFET
Definition
to hit or strike
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