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Vocab 13- Enriching the lesson
exercises 1,2 and 4
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10th Grade
11/16/2010

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emulate
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to aspire to be like or surpass a role model
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simulate
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to make something appear, recrating
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feint
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a deceptive blow
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resemble
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to look or seem like something else
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dissemble
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conceal ones true motives, feelings or beliefs
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discrete
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individually separate and distince
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discreet
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careful in speech or actions esp. to gain an advantage
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manner
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a way of doing something
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mannerism
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unique gestures specific to a person
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capital
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the most important cit in a country
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capitol
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the seat of the us congress in DC
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aesthetic
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concerning beauty or the appreciation of beauty
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ascetic
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extreme self discipline from all forms of indulgence
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amend
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to make better or improve
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emend
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to alter something to correct it esp. in text
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delegate
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to entrust someont with a task
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relegate
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to etrust someone with a task -
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deprecate
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to put a person down
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depreciate
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to put something down in value
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allude
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to hint at something
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elude
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to evade or get away
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envious
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being jealous or wanting someting
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enviable
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arousing or likely to arouse envy
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complaisant
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willing to oblige others
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complacent
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showeing smug satisfaction about ones acheivements
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honorable
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worthy of eminence or high regard
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honorary
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given without the usual requirements, a mark of eminence
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authoritative
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commanding and self confident
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authoritarian
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enforcing strict obediance to authority esp. the gov
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imperial
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relating to an empire
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imperious
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arrogant and domineering
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allay
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to diminish or put to rest
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ally
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formal cooperation
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venal
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showing susceptibility to bribery
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venial
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a sin that does not deny the soul salvation
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apocryphal
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something or doubtful authenticity, but is ciruclated as true
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shibboleth
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an outsider
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apocalyptic
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devastating, bringing about ruin
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a doubting thomas
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someone who refuses to believe anything without direct physical evidence
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separate the sheep from the goats
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to choose the people or things of high quality from a group of mixed quality
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a jeremiad
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a prolongued lamentation or complaint
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a good samaritan
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someone who helps a stranger
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the salt of the earth
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the best or noblest of their kind
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a jonah
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a person whose presence brings bad luck
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antedeluvian
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relating to the period of the flood before the bible
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the promised land
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a longed for place where complete happiness and satisfaction can be acheived
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manna from heaven
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unexpected aid, advice or assistance
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shilly-shally
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to procrastinate
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willy-nilly
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in a haphazard or spontaneous manner
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dillydally
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to waste time, dawdle
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wishy washy
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lacking decisiveness
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hoity toity
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thoughtlessly silly, marked with an air of importance
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harum scarum
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recklessly irresponsible
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hanky panky
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illicit sexual activity
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mishmash
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a collection of unrelated things
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voodoo
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a charm supersitiuosly believed to have magical powers
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hobnob
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to associate familiarly
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hocus pocus
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nonsense used to cloak deception
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razzle dazzle
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a colorful gaudy action or display
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flimflam
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deceptive fraud
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riffraff
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disreputable people
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claptrap
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nonsense
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folderol
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useless ornament
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tittle tattle
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gossip
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hurdy gurdy
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a kind of stringed instrument
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hugger-mugger
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disorderly confusion
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hodgepodge
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a miz of unrelated things
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helter-skelter
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in a haphazard manner
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