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Vocab Ch. 5
Ch. 5
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12/18/2003

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amazon
Definition
large, strong, aggressive woman
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iconoclast
Definition
attacker of traditional or cherished beliefs, institutions, ideas
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sardonic
Definition
mockingly bitter or scornful; sarcastic
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supercilious
Definition
scornfully looking down on others; disdainfully superior
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nemesis
Definition
agent of revenge, punishment; difficult or unbeatable opponent; something incapable of being achieved or overcome; cause of one's downfall or undoing
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procrastinate
Definition
put off till later "Procrastinate"
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panacea
Definition
remedy for all desires, sufferings, troubles
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capricious
Definition
changeable, unpredictable
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introvert
Definition
one who is concerned mainly with self-examination and one's own inner life rather than with others
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extrovert
Definition
one whose interests and thoughts are mainly with other people and things outside oneself rather than with one's own inner life
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