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Vocab Workshop Level H Unit 15
Vocab Workshop Level H Unit 15
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English
12th Grade
05/19/2006

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Vocab Unit 15
Max Eissele
Period 7-8
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vocab unit 15
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didactic
Definition
conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson
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fulminate
Definition
to thunder forth menaces
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jeremiad
Definition
a literary work or speech expressing a bitter lament or a righteous prophesy of doom
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disingenuous
Definition
not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
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fustian
Definition
pretentious speech or writing; pompous language
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beguile
Definition
to take away from by or as if by cunning; cheat
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curmudgeon
Definition
An ill-tempered person full of resentment and stubborn notions
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faux pas
Definition
a social blunder
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ascetic
Definition
one who practices extreme self-denial; also, austere, severe
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opportunist
Definition
One who takes advantage of circumstances to gain his ends
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inhibit
Definition
To hold back or in
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bauble
Definition
a trinket
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contumacious
Definition
obstinate; stubbornly disobedient
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exculpate
Definition
To clear of guilt or blame
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adumbrate
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to give a slight representation of; to outline
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burgeon
Definition
To grow and flourish
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apotheosis
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a model of excellence or perfection of a kind
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hauter
Definition
Arrogance in bearing and attitude;
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unconscionable
Definition
Ridiculously or unjustly excessive
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complement
Definition
something that fills up or completes
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