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Vocabulary 4
study the vocabulary words
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English
10th Grade
09/25/2012

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dispositions
Definition
a person's attitude or behavior
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wantonly
Definition
mean and careless on purpose
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scrupled
Definition
moral doubt, do it even though you know it is morally wrong
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appease
Definition
meet someone's demands to keep them happy
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avaricious
Definition
mean and greedy
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alchemy
Definition
magic, turning things into gold
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impetuous
Definition
impulsive and emotional
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heedless
Definition
careless and thoughtless
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vernacular
Definition
plain, every day English
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barrage
Definition
a whole lot
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vindicate
Definition
clear from suspicion
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disposition
Definition
My best friend has a pleasant ________. Many people like her.
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wantonly
Definition
I _____ disrupted class because I wanted to hurt the teacher's feelings.
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scrupled
Definition
I ____ to tell my friend's mom that he was sleeping over even though he was out at a party.
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appease
Definition
I _____ my mom when I clean my room.
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avaricious
Definition
Mr. Scrooge is an ______ man who only cares about money.
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alchemy
Definition
He practiced _____ when he turned the bar of lead into a bar of gold.
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impetuously
Definition
I ______ got married in Vegas to someone I just met.
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heedless
Definition
The _____ gossip caused a lot of drama.
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vernacular
Definition
The doctor spoke in the _____ so that I could understand him.
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barrage
Definition
After I explained the assignment, I received a ____ of questions. I couldn't hear ll of them.
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vindicated
Definition
When the jury pronounced I was not-guilty, I felt _____.
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