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Vocab Chapter 13
the words and defenitions from chapter 13 of our vocab book
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English
9th Grade
04/21/2010

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nirvana
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a condition of great peace or happiness
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salutary
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healthful;wholesome
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despicable
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contemptible; hateful
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harlequin
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a clown
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empathy
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an understanding of another's feelings
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brevity
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briefness;short duration
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savant
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a person of extensive learning;an eminent scholar
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obsequious
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excessively submissive or overly attentive (kissass)
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redundant
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repetitious; using more words than needed
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offal
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garbage;waste parts
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hoi polloi
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the common people;the masses
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sentient
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conscious; capable of feeling or percieving
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impinge
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to encroach;to trespass
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cataract
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a large waterfall
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animosity
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hatred
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