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Vocab: Units 1-3
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11th Grade
11/02/2009
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adjunct
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something added to something else as helpful or useful but not essential; an assistant, helper
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bellwether
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the male sheep that leads the flock to the slaughterhouse; a leader, as in a desperate or violent undertaking; ringleader
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caterwaul
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to howl or screech like a cat; to quarrel
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chimerical
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absurd; wildly fantastic; impossible
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effete
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worn-out, exhausted
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fait accompli
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an accomplished and presumably irreversible deed, fact, or action
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hidebound
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intolerant, inflexible
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hierarchy
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chain of command
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liturgy
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ceremony, observance
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mirage
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optical illusion
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morass
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bog
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noisome
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vile, loathsome
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oblivious
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forgetful; unaware
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poltroon
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a base coward
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proselyte
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convert, disciple
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quasi
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kind of, semi
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raillery
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good bantering
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ribald
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mocking
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supine
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prone, inert
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vignette
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thumbnail sketch
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aegis
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protection
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apprise
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acquaint, notify
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bibulous
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alcoholic
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claque
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fan club
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deracinate
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to pull up by the roots
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eleemosynary
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charitable
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indigenous
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domestic
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lachrymose
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tearful
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lexicon
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special vocabulary
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melee
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a confused struggle, brawl
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microcosm
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a miniature world or universe
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minuscule
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tiny
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obfuscate
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muddy the waters, to confuse
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paternalism
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fatherliness
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polarize
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split, divide
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purview
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jurisdiction, orbit
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sanguine
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flushed, rosy
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solecism
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misusage
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vassal
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a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom she owes allegiance; servant
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verisimilitude
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appearing true, likeliness
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ancillary
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accessory
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bowdlerize
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purge; remove
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condescend
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patronize
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cozen
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deceive
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enclave
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island
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forte
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gift; strong point
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gratis
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free
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icon
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idol
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interstice
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gap
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macrocosm
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entirety
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mountebank
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impostor
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paean
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hym
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persiflage
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lighthearted joking
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plethora
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surplus
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pragmatic
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down-to-earth
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quizzical
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puzzled; mocking
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rapacity
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inordinate greed
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schism
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rift, split
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therapeutic
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having the power to heal or cure
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virtuoso
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master
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