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Vocabulary List 08
William Dean Howells
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10/21/2009
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dean
 Definition
senior member
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avid
 Definition
greedy, enthusiastic
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utopian
 Definition
place of ideal perfection
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prosaic
 Definition
dull
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imperatively
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urgently
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mystical
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mysterious, not perceived by the senses
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duplex
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double, twofold
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languid
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listless, without excitement; weak, sluggish
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ignoble
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not honorable; base, degrading
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parroting
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repeating by rote
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subliminal
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without conscious awareness; existing or functioning below the threshold of conscious awareness
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muse
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think or meditate: ponder
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libations
 Definition
pouring of a liquid as a sacrifice; liquid poured as a sacrifice; drink
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contingency
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possible event: a critical or crucial time of state of affairs
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magnanimous
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noble or generous
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empirical
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based on observation
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