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Vocab 15 - Kohl
Vocab Unit 15
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12th Grade
04/08/2010

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Curmudgeon
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(n.) an irascible, churlish person
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Beguile
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(v.) to mislead or deceive; to cheat; to divert; to cause to vanish unnoticed
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Complememt
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(n.) something that completes a whole; the quantity or number needed to make up a whole; the full number or allowance
(v.) to complete
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Ascetic
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(adj.) practicingstrict self-denial for the sake of personal or spiritual discipline
(n.) one who leads a life of self-discipline, especially to express religious devotion
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Adumbrate
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(v.) to outline or sketch broadly; to foreshadow or prefigure; to disclose partially
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Apotheosis
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(n.) the elevation of a person to divine rank or status; the glorification of a person as an ideal; a glorified ideal
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Contumacious
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(adj.) obstinately or willfully disobedient; openly rebellious
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Burgeon
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(v.) to put forth new buds, leaves, or greenry; to develop rapidly or suddenly
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