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week nine & ten
hard vocab
22
Literature
10th Grade
09/08/2010

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Term
flout
Definition

to mock, treat with contempt

 

Verb

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caveat
Definition

a warning or action

Noun

cave - caveat

Term
blazon
Definition
to adorn or embezzle
Term
filch
Definition

to steal

in sneaky ways

Verb

Term
fractious
Definition

troublesome

 

adj

Term
equitable
Definition

fair

just

embodying principles of justice

 

adj

Term
autonomy
Definition
self government
Term
addendum
Definition
addition
Term
amnesty
Definition
great pardon for offense against government
Term
axiomatic
Definition
self evident
Term
extricate
Definition

free from entaglements. (exit)

verb

Term
soporific
Definition
tending to cause sleep(adj) or something that induces sleep(noun)
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scathing
Definition
bitterly severe
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unwieldy
Definition
not easily carried
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vapid
Definition
dull uniteresting
Term
prognosticate
Definition
prediction
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sepulchral
Definition
funereal,tomb funeral like
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salutary
Definition
beneficial, healthy
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straitlaced
Definition
extremely strict
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scourge
Definition

(V.) whip punish

(N.)cause of affliction or suffering

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precept
Definition
rule of conduct or action
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transient
Definition

(Adj.)lasting a short time, fleeting

(N.) one who stays a short time

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