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Vocabulary Cards for chapters twenty-one through twenty-seven
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10th Grade
05/09/2011
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Unremitting
 Definition
Not letting up
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Meander
 Definition
To wind, to wander
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Supersede
 Definition
To supplant
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Retrogress
 Definition
To go backwards
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Transitory
 Definition
Temporary
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Serpentine
 Definition
Like a snake
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Cavort
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To dance about
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Emanate
 Definition
To send forth
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Torpid
 Definition
Lethargic, sluggish
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Undulate
 Definition
To make wavelike motions
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Portent
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Omen
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Sustenance
 Definition
Source of strength
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Pretentious
 Definition
Showy
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Tenement
 Definition
Run-down building
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Sustain
 Definition
To support
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Tenacious
 Definition
Pertaining to holding stubbornly
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Extenuation
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Partial release or excuse
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Untenable
 Definition
Unable to be defended
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Retinue
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Entourage
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Retentive
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Able to remember
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Animus
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Disposition
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Corpulent
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Very fat
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Corpus
 Definition
Collection of writings on a specific topic
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Corpuscle
 Definition
Unattached body cell, like a white blood cell
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Equanimity
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Calmness; composure
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Inanimate
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Not alive
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Incorporate
 Definition
To include as part of a whole
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Incorporeal
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Lacking physical form
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Magnanimus
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Generous in forgiving
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Pusillanimous
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Cowardly
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Anonymous
 Definition
Remaning unknown, typically in name
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Cognomen
 Definition
Surname
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Denomination
 Definition
A religious group
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Ignominious
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Disgraceful
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Misnomer
 Definition
An unsuitable name
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Moniker
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A distinctive name
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Nomenclature
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The names used in a science or an art
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Nominal
 Definition
Insignificantly small
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Patronymic
 Definition
Relating to the name of one's father
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Renown
 Definition
Fame; acclaim
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Append
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To attach to
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Dispense
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To distribute in parts
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Expendable
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Not totally necessary
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Impend
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To threaten to happen
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Penchant
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A strong liking
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Pending
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A strong liking
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Preponderence
 Definition
Superiority in number or influence
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Propensity
 Definition
An inborn tendency
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Recompense
 Definition
To compensate
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Suspension
 Definition
Temporary stopping of the law
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Benediction
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Blessing
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Colloquium
 Definition
An academic seminar
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Dictum
 Definition
A formal decree
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Elocution
 Definition
Art of public speaking
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Grandiloquence
 Definition
Pompous speech
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Indict
 Definition
(pronounced in-dite) To charge with a crime
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Interolocutor
 Definition
Participant in a dialogue
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Loquacious
 Definition
Talkative
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Soliloquy
 Definition
A speech to oneself
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Cadet
 Definition
Officer-in-training
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Caper
 Definition
Adventure
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Capital
 Definition
Government's central location
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Capitalism
 Definition
Economy based on private ownership
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Capitulate
 Definition
To surrender
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Caprice
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Whim
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Chieftain
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Tribal leader
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Mischievous
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Playfully naughty
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Per capita
 Definition
Per person
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Recaptiulate
 Definition
To summarize after already giving the information
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