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Vocab Mid-term
Vocabulary for mid- term exam
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English
9th Grade
12/14/2010

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Insidious
Definition
intended to entrap or beguile
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Naive
Definition
having or showing a lack of experience, judgment, or information
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Reticent
Definition
disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved
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Assuage
Definition
to appease; satisfy; allay; relieve
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Brevity
Definition
the quality of expressing much in few words; breif
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Indolently
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causing little or no pain
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Ardor
Definition
feelings of great intensity and warmth
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Palpable
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capable of being touched or felt; tangible
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Terse
Definition
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language
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Equity
Definition
something that is fair and just
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Infallibility
Definition
not liable to failure
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Incredulity
Definition
inability or unwillingness to believe
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Retribution
Definition
punishment or vengeance
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Imminent
Definition
likely to occur at any moment
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Profusion
Definition
abundance; abundant quantity
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Melancholy
Definition
a gloomy state of mind, esp. when habitual or prolonged; depression
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Feign
Definition
to imitate deceptively
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Odious
Definition
highly offensive; repugnant; disgusting
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Caustic
Definition
severely critical or sarcastic
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Sordid
Definition
dirty or filthy
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Prodigious
Definition
extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc
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Apparition
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a supernatural appearance of a person or thing, esp. a ghost; a specter or phantom
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Capacious
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capable of holding much; spacious or roomy
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Dissemble
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to give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth or real nature of; disguise
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Bereft
Definition
Deprived of something
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