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vocab 3,4,5,6,13,14
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English
12th Grade
01/14/2013

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ancillary
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subordinate or supplementary
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montebank
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a trickster or swindler
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paean
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a song of praise; joy, or triumph
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plethora
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overfullness; superabundance; superfluity
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quizzical
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puzzled; mocking; odd; equivocal
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rapacity
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inordinate greed; the disposition to obtain one's desires by force, exortion, or plunder
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theraputic
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having the power to heal or cure; beneficial
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virtuoso
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a brilliant performer; a person with masterly skill or technique; masterly or brilliant
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affinity
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a natural attraction to a person, thing, or activity; a relationship, connection
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bilious
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peevish or irritable; sickeningly unpleasant
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congate
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closely related in origin, essential nature, or function; such a person or thing
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corollary
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a proposition that follows from one already proven; a natural consequence or result; resultant or consequent
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derring-do
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valor or heroism; daring deeds or exploits (often used to poke fun at false heroics)
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hoi polloi
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the common people, the masses
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obloquy
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public abuse indicating strong disapproval or censure; the disgrace resulting from such treatment
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pundit
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a learned person; one who gives authoritative opinions
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browbeat
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to intimidate by a stern or overbearing manner; to bully
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diaphanous
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very sheer and light; almost completely transparent
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foray
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a quick raid, especially for plunder; a venture into some field of endeavor; to make such a raid
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immured
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to enclose or confine within walls; to imprision; to seclude or isolate
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incouciant
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blithely indifferent or unconcerned; carefree; happy-go-lucky
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philippic
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a bitter verbal attack
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systemic
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of or pertaining to the entire body; relating to a system or systems
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tendentious
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intended to promote a particular point of view, doctrine, or cause; biased or partisan
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bruit
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to spread news, reports, or unsubstantiated rumors
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contumelious
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insolent or rude in speech or behavior; insultingly abusive; humiliating
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iconoclastic
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attacking or seeking to overthrow popular or traditional beliefs, ideas, or instutions
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maladroit
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lacking skill or dexterity; lacking tact, perception, or judgement
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portentous
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foreshadowing an event to come; causing wonder or awe; self-consciously weighty, pompous
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prescience
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knowledge of events or actions before they happen; foresight
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saturnalian
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characterized by
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traumatic
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so shocking to the emotions as to cause lasting and substantial psychological damage
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waggish
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fond of making jokes; characheristic of a joker; playfully humorous or droll
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acerbity
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sourness or bitterness of taste; harshness or severity of manner or expression
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attrition
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the process of wearing down by friction or gradual impairment
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chronic
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continuing over a long period of time or recurring often
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immaculate
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spotless; without blemish or fault
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mercurial
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characterized by rapid and unpredictable changes of mood; fickle or inconstant
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resplendent
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shining or gleaming brilliantly; splendid or magnificent
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stigmatized
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to brand or mark as in some way descreditable, disgraceful, or ignominious
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vainglory
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excessive pride in and boastfulness about one's own accomplishments or qualities; a vain show or display
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volition
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the power to choose, will, or decide; the act of choosing, willing, or deciding
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apogee
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the point in the orbit of a heavenly body or articicial satellite farthest from the earth; the farthest or highest point
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apropos
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appropriate, opportune; relevantly; incidentally, by the way; speaking of
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bicker
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to engage in a petty or peevish dispute; tomove or fun rapidly, rush; to flicker, quiver
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dogmatic
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certain of the truth of one's own ideas; inclined to state opinions as if they were indisputable facts
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licentious
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morally or sexually unrestrained; having no regard for accepted rules, customs, or laws
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noxious
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harmful to physical health or morals
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truncate
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to shorten by or as if by cutting off, lop
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unimpeachable
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beyond doubt or reproach; unquestionable
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