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Unit 2
Unit 2 Vocab
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English
12th Grade
02/09/2010

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abstruse
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(adj) obscure; profound; difficult to understand
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belligerent
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(adj) given to fighting, warlike
(n) one at war, one engaging in war
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candor
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(n) outspokenness; frankness
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facet
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(n) a phase or aspect, as of a topic; one of the small plane surfaces of a diamond
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imminent
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(adj) about to happen, threatening
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kindle
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(v) start a fire; inspire
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laconic
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(adj) concise, using few words
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malevolent
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(adj) spiteful, showing ill will
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nebulous
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(adj) vague, confused, indistinct
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paltry
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(adj) trifling, insignificant; mean, despicable
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sagacious
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(adj) keen; shrewd; having insight
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tacit
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(adj) unspoken, silent; implied, inferred
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vacillate
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(v) to swing indecisively from one idea or course of an action to another
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