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Unit 7 Vocab
Level H Unit 7
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English
12th Grade
01/07/2007

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abeyance
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temporarily inactive, suspended, or set aside
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ambivalent
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having opposite and conflicting feelings about someone or something
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beleaguer
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to set upon from all sides; to surround with an army; to trouble, harass
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carte blanche
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full freedom or authority to act at one's own discretion
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cataclysm
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a sudden, violent, or devestating upheaval,
disaster, catastrophe
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debauch
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to corrupt morally, seduce; to indulge in dissipation; and act or occasion of dissipation or vice
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eclat
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dazzling or sonspicious success or acclaim; great brilliance(of performance or achievement)
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fastidious
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overly demanding or hard to please; exceessively careful in regard to details; easily disgusted
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gambol
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to jump or skip about playfully
frolic, romp, cavort, caper
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imbue
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to soak or stain thourgyly; to fill the mind
infuse, instill, inculcate
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inchoate
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just beginning; not fully shaped or formed
embryonic, rudimentary
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lampoon
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a malicious satire; to satirize, ridiule
SNL
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malleable
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capable of being formed into different shapes; capable of being altered, adapted, or influenced
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nemesis
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an agent or force infliucting vengence or punishment retribution itself; an unbeatable rival
avenger
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opt
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to make a choice or decision
choose, select, decide
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phillistine
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lacking in, hostile to, or smugly indifferent to cultural and artistic values or refinements
boorish
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picaresque
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involving or characteristic of clever roguess or adventurers
roguish, rescally, rakish
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queasy
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nauseated or uneasy; causing nausea or uneasiness, troubled
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refractory
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stubborn; hard or difficult to manage; not responsive to treatment or cure
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savoir-faire
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the ability to say and do the right thing in any situation or social competence
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