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Vocabulary words from Chapter 6.
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12th Grade
11/28/2012
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abrade
 Definition
scrape away
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appendage
 Definition
attachment
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beget
 Definition
become the father of
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calcify
 Definition
become hard and stony, inflexible
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coagulate
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clot
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coup
 Definition
highly successful stroke or stratagem
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expatriate
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person who chooses to live in exile
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genocide
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systematically killing off an entire race
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incubate
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protect until ready for hatching
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liaison
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intercommunication between units, illicit love affair
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obloquy
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condemnatory statements, disgrace
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philander
 Definition
love lightly and insincerely
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quarantine
 Definition
an imposed isolation
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resuscitate
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revive from near death
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stricture
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critical remark, narrow restraints
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tenable
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that can be maintained
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tuncated
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shortened
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adipose
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fatty
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arpeggio
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notes of a chord played in quick succession
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behooves
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is fitting for
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canon
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complete works; important principle, member of the clergy attached to a cathedral; body of law
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cohere
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stick
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desuetude
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disuse
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factitious
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artificial
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impugn
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call into question
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indent
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space in from the margin
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lorgnette
 Definition
pair of eyeglasses with a handle
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obstreperous
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stubbornly defiant
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plenitude
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abundance
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rarefied
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lacking density; socially select
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sentient
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having feelings
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suture
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stitch
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tercentenary
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three hundredth anniversary
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venial
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forgivable
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affidavit
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written statement made under oath
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avuncular
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like that of an uncle
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benediction
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blessing
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cerements
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burial wrappings
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colloquy
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informal discussion
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enervate
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deprive of vitality
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freshet
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flooding of a stream
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inchoate
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incompletely formed
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lacuna
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gap
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nexus
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connection
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orthodox
 Definition
conforming to what is generally accepted
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prolix
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wordy
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recalcitrant
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stubbornly disobedient
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simulate
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feign
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tempera
 Definition
pigments suspended in gelatinous substances
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traduce
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slander; betray
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verdigris
 Definition
a greenish film formed on copper, brass, and bronze
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