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Vocab 11 & 12
Trill - 11/13/12
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10th Grade
11/13/2012

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Mild, pleasant, soothing
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Balmy
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An exact reproduction or copy, in telecommunications, also called a fax - duplicate
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Facsimile
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Alert; watchful; wary
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Vigilant
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To begin; initiate; start
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Commence
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No longer in general use; old fashioned; belonging to an ancient period; ancient
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Archaic
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Not to be overcome; unconquerable
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Invincible
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To cheat or deceive; to mislead by tricking or treating
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Beguile
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To soothe or pacify; especially by giving into demands
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Appease
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A false reason concealing a real one; an excuse
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Pretext
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Spying
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Espionage
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Unsafe; insecure; uncertain; dangerous
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Precarious
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Destruction, desolation
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Devastation
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Easily injured or hurt physically or emotionally; open to criticism or attack
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Vulnerable
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To crowd around around in order to ask for favors; to overwhelm; to enclose with armed forces
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Besiege
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To inflict (vengeance or punishment), express ( anger or hatred )
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Wreak
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The act or habit of holding to a course of action or belief; persistence; steadfastness
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Perseverance
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Independence; the condition of having self-governing
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Autonomy
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To decrease gradually; to decline in power, importance, or size
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Wane
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Without mercy, rough or stormy; harsh
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Inclement
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Freedom; scope
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Latitude
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