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Vocab 17 & 18
Trill - 1/29/2013
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English
10th Grade
01/29/2013

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Quality or instance of being disrespectful and insulting; impudence.
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Insolence
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Having a tendency, inclined; lying flat or face down.
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Prone
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A turning aside, as of traffic or attention; a game or past time; a recreation.
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Diversion
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To destroy completely; to vanquish; to make ineffectual or unimportant; to kill.
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Annihilated
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To remove undesirable element from; to ride or remove by cleansing; the removal of members by a higher authority.
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Purge
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State of being restrained; avoidance of excess; presiding over as a meeting; meditation.
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Moderation
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An act of yield or granting something; something granted or yielding a privilage; such as a right to use land; granted for a specific purpose
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Concession
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Obviously bad; notorious; outrageous
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Flagrant
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To destroy or kill a large part of
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Decimated
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To escape or avoid something especially by using deceit or cleverness to avoid doing or answering something directly.
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Evaded
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To code prescribing formal etiquette for official ceremonies; An original draft or record of a negotiation
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Protocol
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To object or oppose, not to approve; a difference of opinion or protest
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Dissent
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A person opposed to force as a way of settling disputes; one who refuses to bear arms in a war.
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Pacifists
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A final demand or proposition.
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Ultimatiums
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A lenient or merciful act; mildness, as of weather
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Clemency
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A distinctive personal trait; an idiosyncrasy; an exaggerated or unnatural style
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Mannerism
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