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Vocabulary 32
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25
English
9th Grade
02/08/2008

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amenity
Definition
agreeable ways or manners; the quality of being agreeable or pleasant
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anathema
Definition
a vigorous denunciation; one who is intensely disliked
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atypical
Definition
unusual or abnormal; odd
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balky
Definition
refusing to proceed in an expected direction
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bourgeois
Definition
a person with the traits or viewpoints of the bourgeoisie
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concert
Definition
agreement in purpose or feeling, consensus
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confluence
Definition
a coming together
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corpulence
Definition
state of being very fat
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dirge
Definition
funeral hymn, lament
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disconcerting
Definition
upsetting, frustrating
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endemic
Definition
peculiar to or a trait of a group or area
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focus
Definition
to concentrate
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hilarity
Definition
boisterous merriment, mirth
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indict
Definition
to charge or to accuse
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latent
Definition
not visible, dormant
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monumental
Definition
massive, very great, very important
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myriad
Definition
a very large and indefinite number
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oscillating
Definition
moving back and forth, swinging, varying
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pithy
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concise and meaningful
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premeditated
Definition
thought out beforehand
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presage
Definition
something that foreshadows a future event; a foreknowledge of the future
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quixotic
Definition
idealistic but impractical
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reserve
Definition
self-restraint
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stasis
Definition
motionless, stagnation
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warranted
Definition
justified
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