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Unit 2 Vocabulary Words
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9th Grade
09/16/2009

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anatomy
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branch of science concerned with bodily structures of living things
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compunction
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guilty feeling following doing something bad
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concisee
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giving lots of information clearly, but in few words
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dichotomy
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division or contrast between two things that are entirely different
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epitome
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perfect example of particular quality or type
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excise
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tax levied on certain goods and commodities and on licenses granted for certain activites
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fractious
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easily annoyed or irritated
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incisive
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intelligently analytical and clear-thinking
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infraction
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violation or infringement of law
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infringe
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breaking the terms of a law or agreement
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punctilious
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paying close attention to detail
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pungent
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having a sharply strong taste or smell
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tome
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a book, especially a large, heavy, scholarly one
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