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TTC Book the First Vocabulary
Chapters 1-6
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English
12th Grade
01/23/2013
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epoch
 Definition
a particular historical period
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incredulity
 Definition
disbelief
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superlative
 Definition
excellent
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revelations
 Definition
acts of communicating truth or making it known
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conceded
 Definition
granted as a privilege
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potentate
 Definition
one who weilds great power
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turnkeys
 Definition
person in charge of prisoners' keys
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blunderbusses
 Definition
short muskets
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contraband
 Definition
smuggled goods
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requisition
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state of being called upon to perform a duty
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endued
 Definition
equipped with
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capitulated
 Definition
gave up resistance
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jack-boots
 Definition
heavy military boots
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substratum
 Definition
underlying layer
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cutlass
 Definition
short, curving sword
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adjuration
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earnest urging
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cessation
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halt
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eddying
 Definition
moving in a circular current
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apprehend
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anticipate with fear or anxiety
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expeditiously
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in a speedy manner
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referable
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related to, and explained by cause of
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inexorable
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relentless
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fain
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obliged
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accost
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approach and speak to
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drawer
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person who removes liquor from its container
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packet
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passenger boat
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piscatory
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relating to fish
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pier-glass
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large, high interior
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acquit
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perform a duty and release from obligation
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pecuniary
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pertaining to money
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supplicatory
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beseeching, expressing earnest entreaty
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gradations
 Definition
advances by regular degrees
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billets
 Definition
chunky pieces of wood
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modicum
 Definition
small amount
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offal
 Definition
waste
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atomies
 Definition
tiny particles
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farthing
 Definition
small value of money
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porringer
 Definition
shallow cup or bowl
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gloweringly
 Definition
in a manner characterized by sullen, angry expressions
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kennel
 Definition
gutter in a street
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implacable
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unchanging
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feigned
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pretended
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triumvirate
 Definition
group of three
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garret
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attic
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provender
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food
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postilion
 Definition
person who rides a coach and guides the rear horse of a pair
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