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vocab units 3 AND 4
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English
11th Grade
10/29/2010

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cavort  
Definition
to romp or prance around exuberantly; to make merry
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credence 
Definition
belief; mental acceptance
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decry   
Definition
 to condemn; express strong disapproval
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dissemble 
Definition
to disguise or conceal; deliberately give a false impression
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evince      
Definition
to display clearly; to make evident, to provoke
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feckless     
Definition
 lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective; weak; irresponsible,
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nefarious  
Definition
wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards
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piquant       
Definition
stimulating to the taste or mind; spicy, pungent; appealingly
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primordial  
Definition

 developed or created at the very beginning; going back to the

                                  most ancient times or earliest stage; fundamental, basic

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propinquity              

Definition
(n.) nearness in place or time; kinship
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unwonted
Definition
 not usual or expected; not in character
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verbiage
Definition

language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to the sense

                                  or content; wordiness

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verdant
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green in tint or color; immature in experience or judgement
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viscous    
Definition
having a gelatinous or gluey quality; lacking in easy movement
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atrophy  
Definition

(n.) the wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline

                                  or failure (v.) to waste away

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concord                   

Definition
  (n.) a state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact, covenant
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exigency     
Definition
urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency
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glean  
Definition

to gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field

 

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grouse  
Definition
  (n.) a type of game bird (adj.) to complain, to grumble
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incumbent  
Definition

(adj.) obligatory; required (n.) one who holds a specific office at the time

                                  spoken of

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jocular 
Definition
adj.) humorous, jesting, jolly, joking
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mordant               

Definition

     (adj.) biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh

 

Term

nettle                      

Definition

  (n.) a prickly or stinging plant (v.) to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger; to vex or irritate severely

 

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pecuniary                

Definition
  (adj.) consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money
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pusillanimous        

Definition
    (adj.) contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited
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recumbent              

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   (adj.) in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping
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stratagem                

Definition
  (n.) a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end
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