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Vocab Quiz 12-14-07
English Honors Vocabulary
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English
11th Grade
12/16/2007

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Adjective, Having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness
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Sagacious
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Adjective, 1. Immoral or unchaste 2. cruel; merciless, malicious
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Wanton
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Adjective, Having a loud, usually harsh, resonant sound
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Brazen
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Noun, Appropriateness of behavior or conduct; the requirement of polite behavior
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Decorum
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Noun, The quality of being proper; appropriateness.
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Propriety
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Noun, A state of abstracted musing; daydreaming
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Reverie
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Adjective, Impiously irreverent
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Blasphemous
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Adjective, Plentiful; copious
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Profuse
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Noun, The quality or condition of Insolence or Irrelevance
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Impertinence
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Adjective, Given to complaining; peevish
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Querulous
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a stage delirium usually caused by withdrawal or abstinence from alcohol following habitual excessive drinking
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Delirium Tremens
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Noun, Smug stupidity; utter foolishness
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Fatuity
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Adjective, Being or seeming to be without an end; endless
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Interminable
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Noun, A complex, or ornate design
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Arabesque
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Noun, A form or part that is folded or coiled
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Convolutions
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Adjective, Resembling a bulb in shape; rounded or swollen
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Bulbous
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