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Lesson 9
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English
11th Grade
11/19/2008

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Advent
Definition
A coming or arrival.
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Blasé
Definition
Indifferent to what others might find pleasurable or exciting because of excessive indulgence or enjoyment; unconcerned.
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Bravado
Definition
an ostentatious display of bravery; defiant or swaggering behavior.
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Disparate
Definition
1. Containing or made up of fundamentally different and oftern incongrous elements.
2. showing a marked difference or inequality.
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Domicille
Definition
One's house or place of residence.
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Fabricate
Definition
1. To make by putting parts together; to construct.
2.To invent in order to deceive.
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Itinerant
Definition
1.Traveling from place to place.
2.One who goes from place to place.
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lilliputian
Definition
Extremely small or appearing to be so.
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Phobia
Definition
A strong irational fear.
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Proclivity
Definition
A strong inclination towards something.
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Projectile
Definition
An object impelled with force or self-propelled through the air.
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Queasy
Definition
1.Causing nausea or tending to be nauseous.

2. Causing or experiencing uneasiness; squeamish.
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Reciprocate
Definition
To exchange in kind; to repay.
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Relegate
Definition
1.To put out of sight or mind; demote.
2.To assign for a decision or further action.
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Vertigo
Definition
Dizziness or a tilting, spinning sensation.
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