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Test 2/4/13
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English
11th Grade
02/03/2013

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anathema
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(noun) a person or thing detested or loathed
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penultimate
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(adj) next to last
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portent
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(noun)the indication or omen of something about to happen
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harbinger
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(noun) anything that foreshadows a future event; omen; sign
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ambivalent
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(adj) having mixed feelings about something or someone; being unable to choose between two (usually opposing) courses of action
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inimitable
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(adj) incapable of being imitated or copied
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double entendre
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(noun) a word or expression used in a given context so that it can be understood in two ways, especially when one meaning is risqué
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churlish
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(adj) boorish; rude
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feign
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(verb) to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of
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allegory
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(noun) a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms; figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another
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veritable
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(adj) being truly or very much so
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poignant
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(adj) affecting or moving the emotions
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