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Unit 5
Vocab List A
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11/05/2010

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Acute
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(ADJ.) With a sharp point;keen and alert;sharp and severe;Rising quickly to a high point and lasting for a short time.
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Bluster
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(V.) To talk or act in a noisy and threatening way; To blow in stormy gusts (N.) Speech that is loud and threatening.
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Bungle
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(V.) To act or work clumsily and awkwardly; To ruin something through clumsiness
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Commentary
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(N.) A series of notes clarifying or explaining something; An expression of opinion.
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Duration
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(N.) The length of time that something continues or lasts.
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Eerie
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(ADJ.) Causing fear because of strangeness;Weird;Mysterious.
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Facet
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(N.) One aspect or side of a subject or problem; One of the cut surfaces of a gem.
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Fidelity
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(N.) The state of being Faithful; Accuracy in detail,exactness.
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Fray
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(N.) A brawl,a noisy quarrel; (V.) To wear away by rubbing;make ragged or worn; to stain,irritate
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Headstrong
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(ADJ.) Willful, Stubborn.
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Inhabitant
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(N.) One living permanently in a given place.
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Numb
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(ADJ.) Having lost the power of felling or movement; (V.) To dull the feeling of; to cause to lose feeling.
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Pacify
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(V.) To make peaceful or calm; to soothe.
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Ravenous
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(ADJ.) Greedy; very hungry; Eager for satisfaction.
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Refute
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(V.) To prove correct.
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Remorse
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(N.) Deep and painful regret for one's past misdeeds; pangs of conscience.
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setback
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(N.) Something that interferes with progress; a disappointment; unexpected loss or defeat; a step-like recession in a wall.
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Smug
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(ADJ.) Overly self-satisfied,Self-righteous.
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Synopsis
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(N.) A brief statement giving a general view of some subject,book,etc.;a summary.
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Tarry
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(V.) To delay leaving;To linger,wait;To remain or stay for a while.
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