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Vocab Review #2
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English
9th Grade
08/25/2011

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accentuate
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emphasize; to heighten the effect of
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ambiguous
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having more than one possible meaning; uncertain; unclear
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comprehensive
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of wide scope; inclosive
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felicitious
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well chosen for the occasion; appropriate
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intricacy
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condition of state of being complex; involved; detailed
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introspective
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given to examination of one's own thoughts of feelings
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provocative
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stimulationg; pushing or tending toward an action, thought, or strong feeling
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rhetorical
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the effective use of words; designedto be inpressive, or oratorical
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usurp
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to take by force or wrongfully
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vernacular
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the native language or dialect of a country or using everyday language
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allegory
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sumbolic story in which people, settings or actions represent ideas or moral qualities
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allegory
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sumbolic story in which people, settings or actions represent ideas or moral qualities
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protagonist
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main character in story or play; person who plays a leading or acting part
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incongruous
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Not suitable or appropriate; not consistent; not conforming to a pattern
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terse
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brief into the point in writing or speaking; consistent
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prologue
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an introductory or preceeding event
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prologue
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an introductory or preceeding event
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ferocity
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the quality or state of being fierce; savage; relentless
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conjncture
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an oppinion without proof; guesswork

to spculate or guess
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