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unit 3and4 vocab out of the orange book
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English
11th Grade
03/05/2008

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Affinity
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n. a natural attraction to a person, thing, or activity; a relationship, connection
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Ancillary
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adj. subordinate or supplementary
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Bilious
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adj. peevish or irritable; sickeningly unpleasant
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Bowdlerize
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v. to remove material considered offensive( from a book, play, film, etc)
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Cognante
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adj. closely related in orgin essential nature or function
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Condescent
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v. to come down or stoop voluntarily to a lower level; to deal with people in a patronizing manner
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Corollary
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n. a proposition that flowsfrom one already proven; a natural consequence or result
adj. resultant or consequent
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Cozen
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v. to trick; to cheat or swindle
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Derring-du
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n. valor or heroism; daring deeps or exploits( often used to poke fun at false heroics)
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Divination
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n. the artor act of predicting the future or discovering hidden knowledge
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Enclave
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n. an enclosed district, region, or areainhabited by a particular group of people orhaving a special character
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Exlixir
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n. a potion once thought capable of curing all ills and maintainglife indefinitely, a panaiea, a sweet liquid used as a vehicle in medicines
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Folderol
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n. foolish talk, ideas or procedures; nonsense; atrifle
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Forte
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n. a person's strong point; what a person does best
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Gamut
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n. an entire range or series
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Gratis
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adj. free
adv. w/o charge
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Hoi polloi
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n. the common people, the masses
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Icon
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n. a representation or image of a sacred personage, often considered sacred itself; an image or picture; a symbol; a graphic symbol on a computer monitor display; an object of blind devotion
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Ineffable
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n. not expressible in words, too great ortoo sacredto be uttered
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Interstice
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n. a small, narrow space between things or parts of things
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Lucubration
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n. laborious study or thoughtr, especially at night; the result of such work
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Macrocosm
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n. the, universe considered as a whole; the entire complex structure of something
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Mnemonic
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adj. relating to or designed to assist the memory
n. a device to aid the memory
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Mountebank
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n. a trickster or swindler, a charlatan
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Obloguy
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n. public abuse indicating strong disapproval or censure; the disgrace resulting from suchtreatment
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Paean
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n. a song of praise, joy or triumph
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Parameter
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n. a determinined characteristic element; a factor that shapes the outcome; a limit; boundary
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Persiflage
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n. lighthearted joking, talk or writing
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Plethora
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n. overfullness; superabundance; superfluity
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Pragmatic
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adj. concerned with practcle consideration on values; dealing with actions and results rather than with abstract theory; stiff in one's opinions
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Pundit
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n. a learned person; one who gives authorative opinions
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Quizzical
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adj. puzzled; mocking; odd; equivocal
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Rapacity
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n. inordinate greed; the dispotion to obtain one's desires by force, extortion, or plunder
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Risible
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adj. pertaing to laughter; able to incline to laugh; laughable
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Schism
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n. a formal split with in a religious organization; any division or seperation of a group or organization into hostile factions
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Sympotomatic
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adj. typical or characteristic; being or concerned with a sympton of a disease
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Therapeutic
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adj. having the power to head or cure; beneficial
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Virtuoso
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n. a brilliant performer; a person with mastery skill or technique
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Volte-face
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n. an about-face; a complete reversal
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