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Vocabulary words from Chapter 2.
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11th Grade
09/27/2011
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abortive
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unsucessful
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anomalous
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irregular
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captious
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unduly critical, argumentative
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coadjutor
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assistant
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disjointed
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disconnected
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educe
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arrive at
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empirical
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based on observation
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exculpate
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free from blame
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firmament
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dome of the sky
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iridescent
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of changing colors
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macerate
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soften in a liquid, wasted away
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mores
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customs
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norm
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standard applied
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optimum
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most favorable
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probity
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honesty
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rostrum
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platform used for speechmaking
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turpitude
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vileness of conduct
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accolade
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award of merit
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antipathy
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dislike
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carmine
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red
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coalesce
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come together
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dissimulate
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hide one's true feelings
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egotism
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having too high an opinoin of oneself
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erupt
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burst forth, skin rash
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felicitous
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pleasingly appropriate, delightful
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inflect
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change the pitch of, change the form of
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jurist
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expert on law
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meander
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wind back and forth, saunter
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nemesis
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revenging agent, just punishment
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novitiate
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beginner, probationary period in a religious order
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outmoded
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outdated
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protocol
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diplomatic etiquette, original draft of a document
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specious
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seemingly true but actually false
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vernacular
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everyday speech
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agenda
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list of things to be done at a meeting
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apoplectic
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paralysed from a burst blood vessel in the brain
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circumspect
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cautious
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denude
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strip everything from
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dote
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be overly fond, foolish old age
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emote
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express emotions dramatically
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exacerbate
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worsen
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fey
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playful, of impending death
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insatiable
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always wanting more
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laity
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religious group apart from its clergy
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mordant
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biting, chemical that makes a dye permanent
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neuter
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neither male nor female
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opprobrium
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disgrace
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precipitous
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steep
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reinstate
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restore to a former position
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throes
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violent anguish
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vicissitudes
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changes of fortune
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