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Unit 14 Vocabulary
Unit 14 Vocabulary for Mrs. Roberts
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English
10th Grade
04/21/2010
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amenable
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agreeable, compliant, tractable, submissive
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berate
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scold
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carnage
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slaughter
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credulous
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gullible
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criterion
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standard
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deplete
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use up, exhaust, drain
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expatiate
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elaborate
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extraneous
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irrelevant, extrinsic, EXTRA
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inception
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beginning, commencement, inauguration, outset
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infirmity
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ailment, illness
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jejune
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vapid, dull
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obdurate
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stubborn
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potpourri
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mixture
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sadistic
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brutal, vicious
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sententious
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succinct
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supplicate
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beg, petition, entreat
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tortuous
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winding, circuitous, sinuous
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turgid
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swollen, bloated, excessive in language
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precocious
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gifted
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surfeit
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n. overindulgence v. overindulge
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