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Vocab 1-5 Test
THS Stewart
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English
11th Grade
11/06/2012
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Adroit
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Skillful, Clever
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Aesthetic
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pertaining to beauty
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Affectation
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a phony attitude/pose
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Agape
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open-mouthed;suprised
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Altruism
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concern for others; generosity
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Ambiguous
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open to more than one interpretation
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Amoral
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lacking sense of right or wrong
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Antipathy
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an intense dislike
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Antithesis
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an exact opposite/opposite extreme
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Bandinage
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playful, teasing talk/ to banter`
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Banal
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common,ordinary
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Baroque
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overly decorated
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Besige
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to overwhelm;surround and attack
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Bilious
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bad tempered;cross
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Blandishment
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Flattery
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Bombast
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impressive but meaningless language
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bona fide
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in good faith
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bowdlerize
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to remove offensive passages of a play, novel, etc.
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brevity
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briefness; short duration
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bucolic
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pertaining to the country side;rural
"The farmer's bucolic lifestyle"
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Callow
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young and inexperienced
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Carcinogen
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causing cancer
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Celibate
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unmarried; abstaining from sex
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Censure
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To critizize sharply
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Cessation
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a stopping;a discontinuance
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Chaff
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worthless matter
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chagrin
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embarassment;complete loss of courage
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debauchery
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corruption; self indulence
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deign
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to lower oneself before an inferior
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deride
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to ridicule/mock
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despicable
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contemptable,hatefull
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desultory
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wandering from subject to subject
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deviate
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to turn aside
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diadem
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a crown
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dichotomy
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a division into two parts
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edify
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to improve ones morality
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