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vocab 7
hard as hell
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English
12th Grade
03/31/2009

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pusillanimous
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showing lack of courage or determination
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ostracize
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to banish somebody from a group
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plebian
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lower class
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cavil
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to make objections about something on small and unimportant points
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destitute
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lacking or without something
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distend
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to expand, swell, or inflate as if by pressure from within
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munificent
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very generous in giving
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servile
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too willing to agree with somebody or to do whatever demeaning thing somebody wants
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abet
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to assist somebody to do something illegally
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acquiesce
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to agree to or comply with something passively rather than expressing approval or support
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bellicose
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ready or inclined to fight or go to war
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inure
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to make somebody used to something unpleasant over a period of time so he or she is no longer upset about it
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germane
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suitably related to something especially something being discussed
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gelid
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exceedingly cold
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dour
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gloomy to other people
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fulsome
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being offensive
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nadir
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the lowest possible point
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ramification
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consequence to an action
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querulous
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inclined to complain or find fault
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prevaricate
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"to beat around the bush"
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succinct
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"to the point"
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tacit
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understood or implied without stating the fact
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onerous
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representing a great burden or much trouble
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docile
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quit easy to control and unlikely to cause trouble
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avuncular
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resembling an uncle
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