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10th Grade Vocabulary
Spring Semester Words 16-30
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10th Grade
02/11/2012

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Laudatory
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(adj) giving praise
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Mollify
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(v) to calm or soothe
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Novel
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(adj) strikingly new or unusual
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Obdurate
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(adj) stubborn; inflexible
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Ostentatious
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(adj) describing a pretentious display
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Paramount
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(adj) of chief concern or importance
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Penitent
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(adj) remorseful for one's misdeeds
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Pervasive
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(adj) dispersed throughout
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Plausible
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(adj) seemingly valid or acceptable, credible
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Rancor
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(n) bitter resentment or ill will; hatred; malice
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Spurious
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(adj) not genuine; false; counterfeit
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Stoic
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(adj) indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive
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Superfluous
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(adj) extra; unnecessary
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Tenuous
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(adj) having little substance or strength; unsure; weak
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Transitory
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(adj) short-lived; temporary
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