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Vocabulary List #3
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English
11th Grade
01/20/2011

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Relief sculpture in which the figures project slightly from the background 
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Bas-Relief (noun)
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Blotch 
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(noun) A large, irregular spot or blot, a skin eruption, blemish
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An exchange of light, playful, good-natured, teasing remarks 
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Banter (noun)
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Contour 
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(noun) the edge or line that defines or bounds a shape or object
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Offhand or unceremonious 
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Cavalier (adj)
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Disheveled
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(adj) Untidy; disarranged; in disorder; unkempt
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A short trip or outing to some place, usually for a special purpose and with the intention of a prompt return
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Excursion (noun) 
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Forlorn 
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(adj) desolate or dreary, unhappy or miserable in feeling, appearance, or condition 
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Hard or impossible to manage; unruly
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Fractious (adj) 
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Fortuitous 
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(adj) happening or produced by chance; lucky; fortunate
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Gleaming in brightness; luster
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Glint (noun) 
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Leverage 
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(noun) the power or ability to act or to influence people, events, decisions, etc,; sway
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To attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision 
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Mock (verb) 
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Privy
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(adj) participating in the knowledge of something private or secret 
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Inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative 
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Pugnacious (adj) 
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Reek
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(verb) to smell strongly and unpleasantly 
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A public show or display, especially on a large scale
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Spectacle (noun)
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displaying arrogant pride, scorn, or indifference
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Supercilious (adj) 
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Very humid and hot; or expressing or arousing desire
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Sultry (adj) 
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Violation of faith; betrayal of trust; treason
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Treachery (noun) 
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