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Vocab 12
pgs. 80-83; dis-inces;
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11th Grade
12/02/2011

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dipsomania - n
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abnormal, uncontrollable craving for alcohol; alcoholism
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inebriated - adj
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drunk; intoxicated
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sober - adj
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not drunk; temperate

serious; free from excitement
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sobriety - n
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temperance; abstinence
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sot - n
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person made foolish by excessive drinking; drunkard
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teetotaler - n

ant. dipsomaniac
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person who totally abstains from intoxicating beverages
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bow - n
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part of ship; prow

(ant. stern)
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brine
Definition
salty water

ocean; sea
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doldrums - n pl
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calm, windless part of the ocean near equator

listlessness
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flotsam - n
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wreckage of a ship floating in the sea; driftage
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jetsam - n
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goods cast overboard to lighten a ship in ditress
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jettison - v
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throw overboard to lighten a ship or plane
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leeward - adj
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in the direction away from the wind

(ant. windward)
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marine - adj
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of the sea or shipping; nautical; maritime
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mariner - n
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sailor
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starboard - adj
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right hand side of a ship when facing the bow

(ant. port)
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carrion - n
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decaying flesh of a carcass
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contaminate - v
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to make impure by mixture; pollute

(ant. decontaminate)
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dross - n
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waste; refuse
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expurgate - v
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remove objectionable material from a book; bowdlerize; purify
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immaculate -adj
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spotless; absolutely clean
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offal - n
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waste parts of a butchered animal; refuse; garbage
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purge - v
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cleanse; purify; rid of undesired element or person
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slatternly - adj
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untidy; dirty from habitual neglect; slovenly
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sloven - n
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person usually untidy, dirty, careless in habits
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sordid
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filthy; vile
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aqualid - adj
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filthy from neglect; dirty; degraded
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squalid - adj
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filthy from neglect; dirty; degraded
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squalor - n
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filth; degradation; sordidness
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sully - v
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tarnish; besmirch; defile
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adjacent - adj
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bordering; adjoining
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approximate - adj
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nearly correct

(ant. exact; precise)
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contiguous - adj
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touching; adjoining
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environs - n pl
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districts surrounding a place; suburbs
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juxtapose - v
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put side by side; put close together
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juxtaposition - n
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close or side by side position
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propinquity - n
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kinship

nearness of place; proximity
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dispassionate
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free from passion or spirit
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pragmatic
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practical
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didactic
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instructive
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scanty
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inadequate; minimal
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alleviate
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to lighten or relieve
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negligence
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carelessness; neglect; indiffernece
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endorse
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to approve or to give one's support to
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conspicuous
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easily seen; out in the open
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relegate
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to dismiss to an interior position
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incessant
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unceasing; never-ending
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ambiguous
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open to more than one interpretation
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ambivalent
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simultaneously experiencing opposing feelings, such as love and hate
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arbiter
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a judge who decides a disputed issue
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inconsequential
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unimportant
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