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English
11th Grade
10/13/2008

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Term
flotsam
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(n). floating debris; homeless, impoverished people

 

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Frenetic
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(adj) frenzied, highly agitated
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glean
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(v.) to gather bit by bit
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grouse
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(n.) a type of game bird; (v.) to complain, grumble
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incarcerate
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(v.) to imprison, confine, jail
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incumbent
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(adj.) obligatory, required; (n.) one who holds a specific office at the time of spoken of
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jocular
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(adj.) humorous, jolly, joking
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ludicrous
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(adj.) rediculous, laughable, absurd
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mordant
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(adj.) biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh
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nettle
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(n.) a prickly or stinging plant (v.) to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger, to vex or irritate severly
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pecuniary
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(adj.) consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money
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pusillanimous
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(adj.) contempibly cowardly or mean spirited
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recumbent
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(adj.) in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting.
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strategem
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(n.) a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end
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