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English
11th Grade
09/09/2007

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mendicant
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adj. depending on alms for a living (or a noun, beggar)
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anchorite
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adj. retired into seclusion for religious purposes
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cabriolet
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n. a two-wheeled, one-horse carriage
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augury
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n. devination/a sign or omen (to auger is the verb, to predict
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swale
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n. a low tract of land/moist or marshy ground
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prothalamion
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n. a song in celebration of a wedding
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doxology
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n. a speech that praises God
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declaim
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v. to utter or recite with rhetorical effect (to speak dramatically)
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cavalier
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adj. marked by nonchalant disregard for what is important
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ersatz
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adj. substitute; artifial
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errant
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adj. roving (as in "an errant knight")
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perspicuous
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adj. clearly expressed or presented; lucid (his prose, rather than prolix, was perspicuous)
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prolix
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adj. wordy and tedious
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cadence
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n. a balanced, rhythmic flow
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circumspect
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adj. cautious, heedful or circumstances
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