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Vocab 1
First Week First Semester
12
English
12th Grade
09/09/2007

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tergiversate
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to evade straightforward action, statement which deceives actual meaning
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risible
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capable of laughing, provoking laughter
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febrile
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marked or caused byu fever, feverish
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jejune
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juveniles, dull, naive
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libido
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instinctual evergies and desires derived from id; sexual insteinct or drive
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catharsis
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purgation, elimination of emotions through art, purification bringing spiritual renewal
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suppliant
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supplicant, to ask humbly and earnestly of, to beg
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lamentation
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to express sorrow, to mourn, to wail
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insipid
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tasteless, dull, lacking qualities that interest, stimulate or challenge
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miasma
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an atmosphere that obscures, a fog
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insouciant
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nonchalance, lighthearted unconcern
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desultory
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lack of definite plan or purpose
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