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Vocab Lessons 3 & 4
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11th Grade
10/15/2013

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arrogant
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overbearing; proud; haughty
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braggart
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one who boats a great deal
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complacent
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self-satisfied; smug
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contemptuous
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lacking respect; scornful
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supercilious
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looking down on others; proud and scornful
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swagger
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to walk around in a proud, showy manner; to boast in a loud manner
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banal
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dull or stale because of overuse; trite; hackneyed
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cliche
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an idea or expression that has become stale due to overuse
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derivative
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unoriginal; taken from something already existing
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hackneyed
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(adj.) made commonplace by overuse;trite.
(n) one who copies the work of others.
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insipid
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lacking flavor or taste; unexciting
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lackluster
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lacking vitality, energy, or brightness
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mundane
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commonplace; ordinary; (HUMAN... City of Bones reference(;)
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pedestrian
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commonplace, ordinary, unoriginal, mundane
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platitude
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quality of being dull ; obvious remark uttered as if it were original
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prosaic
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dull; commonplace
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trite
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unoriginal and stale due to overuse
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vapid
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lacking freshness and zest; flat; stale
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