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English
11th Grade
01/31/2007

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dissembling
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to hide under false appearance, conceal facts, intentions, or feelings
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opened
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truthful, honest, telling all
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demonic
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possessed by a demon, demon-like qualitites
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pointy
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sharp, having points tht stick out here n there
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calumny
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the act of uttering false charges or misrepresentations purposely to ruin someone's reputation
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titillated
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pleasantly stimulating or exciting
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sidles
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to cause to move sideways, to go to one side more
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canny
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clever, carefully
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incubi
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evil spirit that lies on people when they sleep
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poppet
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vudu doll
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quail
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to give away, to dread or terror
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lief
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dear, beloved, willing, glad
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ineptly
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lacking in sense or reason, foolish
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lechery
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inordinate indulgence in sexual activity
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allegory
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the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existance. AN EXTENDED METAPHOR-PERSON OR OBJECTS IN STORY REPRESENT MEANINGS
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hypocrisy
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to be what one is not, or to believe what one does not
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blasphemy
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the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for god
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paranoid
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characterized by suspiciousness, persecutory trends, or megalomania
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theocracy
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government of a state by immediate divine guideance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided
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paradox
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a statement tht is seemingly contradictory, or opposed to common sense and yet perhaps is true
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crucible
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a vessel of a very refractory material used for melting and calcining a substance that requires a high amount of heat
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vengeance
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with a great force or venemence, to an extreme or excessive degree
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vindictive
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intended for or involving revenge
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junta
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a council or commitee for political or governmental purposes
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contentious
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given to satisfaction
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deposition
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the act of disposing, getting rid of
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imperceptable
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so subtle, small, or gradual as to be barely perceptable or seen
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deferentially
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courteous respect for or submission to anothers opinion
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effrontery
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shameless, impudent boldness
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effrontery
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shameless, impudent boldness
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effrontery
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shameless, impudent boldness
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immaculate
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free from error or fault
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qualm
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sudden feeling of faintness, or nausea, sensation of doubt or uneasiness
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probity
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honest, complete integrity
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callously
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emotionally hardened
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blanched
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to take the color from
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gaunt
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thin and boney, emaciated
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beguile
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mislead, distract the attention of
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floudering
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to make clumsly attempts to move ot to regain one's balance
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adamant
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legendary stone thought to be impenetratable, extremely hard substance
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disputation
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arguement or debate, oral defense
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sibilance
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speech sound, suggests hissing
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gibbet
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uprite post with crosspiece forming a T-shaped structure from which executed criminals were hung for public viewing
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metal
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allot of two or more metallic elements
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mettle
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inherent quality of character and temperment
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medal
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piece of metal stamped with religious symbol and used as object of worship or commenertaion
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meddle
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to intrude in other people's business or affairs
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