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Vocabulary for March 13th
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Literature
10th Grade
03/12/2008

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Debuted

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tp present for the first time; a first public appearance, as of an actor, a formal entrance into society

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Documentary

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based on or consisting of documents, employing facts rather than fiction, a presentation built on factual conditions or historical events.

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Vehement

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marked by great emotion, force, or conviction, intense, strong, violence

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Melancholy

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sad, depressed, causing or suggesting sadness; gloom; low spirits

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Reprieve

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a temporary relief; an order temporarily delaying punishment or the execution of a sentence

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Theoretical

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hypothetically; based on theory; unproved or uncertain

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Bestriding

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to sit on something with a leg on each side, to straddle.

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Casement

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a window that opens on hinges along its side

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Requiem

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music to honor the dead, a mass for the dead

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Fluctuate

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to rise or fall or move back and forth, to change irregularly

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Legacy

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soemthing inherited or handed down, money or property left by a will

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Livid

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purplish or bluish from a bruise; pale, white or red with anger or affliction; very angry or furious

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Mortified

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to humiliate or shame, to discipline oneself by self denial or punishment

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Indict

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to charge with an offense or a crime, to make a formal accusation on the basis of legal evidence

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Enjoin

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to command, especially in law to forbid or prohibit

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Wheedled

 

 

Definition

 

 

to influence or persuade by using flattery or something, sweet words, to coax

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Clangor

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a continuos clanging,a loud ringing sound, as of metal being hit

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Botched

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to spoil by poorwork or performance, a poor piece of work

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Condole

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to express sympathy, to mourn in sympathy, to commiserate

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momentum

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speed or force

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