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Lesson 12
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11th Grade
03/15/2006
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halcyon
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adj: calm; pleasant
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Fastidious
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adj: hard to please; fussy
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badinage
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n: playful, teasing talk
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malapropism
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n: a word humorously misused
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garner
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to gather; to acquire
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kismet
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n: destiny; fate; fortune (one's lot in life)
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hegria
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n: flight; escape
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paradigm
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n: a model; an example
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debauchery
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n: corruptionl self-indulgence
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milieu
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n: envirnoment; setting
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regress
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v: to move backward
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bilious
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adj: bad tempered; cross
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necromancy
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n: magic, especially that practiced by a witch
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gumption
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courage and initiative; common sense
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greg
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flock or herd
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val -or- vail
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to be strong -or- to be worthy
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ven, vent, venu
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to come to -- or -- to approach
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co
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with --or-- together
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e
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out --or-- from
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seg
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apart
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a
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away --or-- from
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ambi
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both --or-- around
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in
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not
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