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Vocabulary 3
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English
10th Grade
12/05/2012

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Anchor

 

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To secure firmly.
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Antediluvian

 

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Very,very old(it literally means "before the Flood")
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Denigrate

 

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To be little or run down, to deny the importance of something.
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Doleful

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having great sorrow.
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Epilogue

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A short addition to a literary work, a short speech given at the end of the play.
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Epitaph

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An inscription in memory of a dead person.
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Foible

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Slight, fault, minor weakness of character.
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Garish

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Crudely, or tastelessly colorful or shadowy.
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Homage

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A revernetialregard; respect shown by external action.
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Morbidity

 

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To have gloominess or gruesomeness.

 

 

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Ostracize

 

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To exclude by general consent from society.

 

 

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Patronizing

 

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having a condescending attitude.

 

 

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Plenitude

 

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Abundance, a lot.
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Raconteur

 

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One who is skillful at telling stories and anecdotes.
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Resonant

 

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Echoing, continueing to sound.
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Sentinel

 

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One who keeps guard as a sentry.
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Sequester

 

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To seclude
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Slag

 

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A mass of metal left after smelting.
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Sumptuous

 

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Lavish, luxurious
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Tinge

 

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To add color to something.
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