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Webster Vocab Ch. 3
Third Chapter of HELL
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English
11th Grade
09/16/2010

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articulate
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verb: to pronounce distincly
adj: expressed clearly and forcefully
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cavort
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verb: to romp or prance around exuberantly
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credence
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noun: belief, mental acceptance
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decry
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verb: to condemn, express stong disapproval
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dissemble
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verb: to disguise or conceal
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distraught
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adj: very much agitated or upset
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eulogy
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noun: formal statement of commendation
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evince
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verb: to display clearly
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exhume
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verb: to remove from a grave
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feckless
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adj: lacking in spirit and strength
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murky
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adj: dark and gloomy
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nefarious
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adj: wikcked, drpeaved, devoid of moral standards
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piquant
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adj: stimulating to the taste or mind
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primordial
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adj: developed or created at the very beginning
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propinquity
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noun: nearness in place or time
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unwonted
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adj: not usual or expected
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utopian
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adj: founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world
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verbiage
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noun: language that is too wordy
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verdant
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adj: green in tint or color; immature in experience
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viscous
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adj: having a gelatinous or gluey quality
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