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Unit 14
Vocab
21
English
10th Grade
04/17/2012

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Jejune
Definition
Lacking in Nutritive Valuel lacking in interest or substance, immature, juvenile
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Credulous
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too ready to believe
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Infirmity
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a weakness or ailment
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Berate
Definition
to scold sharply
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Expatiate
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to expand on, write or talk at length or in detail
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Deplete
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to use up as a result of spending or consumption
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Extraneous
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coming from the outside, foreign
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Inception
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the beginning, start, earliest stage of some process
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Criterion
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A rule, test; a standard for a judgement or evaluation
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Amenable
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willing to follow advice or authority
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Carnage
Definition
Large-scale loss of life
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Sententious
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Self-righteous, characterized by moralizing
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Obdurate
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Stubborn, unyielding
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Potpourri
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A collection of diverse or misc. items. A general mixture
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Precocious
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Showing unusually early development
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Providential
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happening as though through divine intervention
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Ostensible
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apparent, appearing to be true or actual
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Surfeit
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an excess or overindulgence, as in eating or drinking
() to feed or supply with anything to excess
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Sadistic
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Delighting in cruelty, excessively cruel
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Turgid
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swollen, bloated, filled to excess
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supplictae
Definition
beg on behalf of someone
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