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Vocab List 7
O'Brien
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English
11th Grade
04/29/2010

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venerable
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Commanding respect by virtue of age, dignity, character, or position. 2. Worthy of reverence
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vicarious
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Felt or undergone as if one were taking part in the experience or feelings of another
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virago
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a noisy or scolding or domineering woman
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vituperate
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To rebuke or criticize harshly or abusively; berate
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waive
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to refrain from claiming or insisting on; give up; forgo
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whim
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A sudden or capricious idea; a fancy
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writhe
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to move in a twisting or contorted motion
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zealous
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avid: marked by active interest and enthusiasm
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abscond
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To leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
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aesthetic
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Of or concerning the appreciation of beauty or good taste
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aggregate
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Constituting or amounting to a whole; total
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amalgamate
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To combine into a unified or integrated whole; unite
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anomalous
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deviating from the general or common order or type
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antipathy
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A strong feeling of aversion or repugnance
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arduous
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Demanding great effort or labor; difficult
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audacity
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boldness or daring, esp. with confident or arrogant disregard for personal safety
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banal
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dull or stale as because of overuse; trite; hackneyed; commonplace
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castigate
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to criticize or reprimand severely. 2. to punish in order to correct
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connoisseur
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A person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts. A person of informed and discriminating taste
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contentious
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always ready to argue; quarrelsome; of or marked by contention; provoking or likely to provoke controversy
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