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Vocabullary #2
Mr.Lucente
25
English
9th Grade
10/29/2012

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Cards

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Appropriation

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Money set aside for a specific pourpose

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Banish

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to force to go away, to drive out

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Degraded

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Fallen into a life of wickedness

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Indulgently

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in a tolerant manner

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proverbial

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widely spoken of, famous

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Rapt

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deeply enchanted

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Reprehensible

 

 

 

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deserving of blame

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Tonic

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a medicine for restoring and energizing the body.

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Translucent

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allowing light to shine through

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unchecked

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not restrained or controlled

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accost

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to apprach and speak in a hosfile manner

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Fetter

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to restain with chains

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Desfined

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determined beforehand

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implore

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to beg

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Impunity

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freedom from punishment

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Preclude

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to prevent

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Repose

 

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to lie at rest

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Subside

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to lessen

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Terminatation

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the end of something

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Virtuoso

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a person with masterlyknowledge or skill

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Tone

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The speaker's attitude, which establishes

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Verbal Irony

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When a writer's surface meaning is opposite of what is really meant

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Dramatic Irony

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When a character ulters wards which the audience understands to have a different meaning

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Hyperbole

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Overstatement are extreme exaggeration

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