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Vocab 29 & 30
Trill - 5/15.2013
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English
10th Grade
05/14/2013

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Annoying; irritating; tiresome
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Irksome
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Actively evil; having an evil influence; tending to do great harm; life threatening
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Malignant
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A broad comedy using exaggeration and absurd action; empty pretence
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Farce
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An imitation that ridicules the original; to imitate in order to ridicule; to mimic
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Parody
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Specialized language of a trade or profession; nonsensical speech; gibberish
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Jargon
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To accused or scold sharply; a scolding or sharp reprimand
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Rebuked
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Worn out or broken down by age, illness or long use; feeble; weak
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Decrepit
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Related to the matter at hand; to the point; appropriate
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Pertinent
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Not in harmony or agreement; containing elements that contradict one another; changeable
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Inconsistent
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Compulsory; legally binding
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Obligatory
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Too small or unimportant to bother with; insignificant
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Negligible
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Dirty; degrading; ignoble; squalid; greedy or selfish
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Sordid
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To project or stick out
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Protrude
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To find fault in an unpleasant or nagging way; to complain, especially about a minor grievance
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Carped
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Capable of causing fire; stirring up discord or rebellion; a person who sets fire to property; a person who stirs up discord or rebellion
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Incendiary
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A substance that burns or corrodes; corrosive; marked by sharp of biting wit, sarcastic
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Caustic
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A brief summary of a play or opera; a scrpt of a motion picture; an outline of proposed events, real or imagined
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Scenario
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A changing from one form state or place to another; a passing from one subject to another
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Transition
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Hateful; disgusting; detestable
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Odious
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occurring together by accident; existing or happening at the same time
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Coincidential
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