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12th Grade
10/24/2012
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writhe
 Definition
to twist
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ague
 Definition
a chill
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philippic
 Definition
a denouncing speech
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docile
 Definition
easily led
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exhortations
 Definition
pleas
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sinuous
 Definition
winding
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malediction
 Definition
a curse
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profuse
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lavish
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compunction
 Definition
sorrow or regret for having done wrong
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sham
 Definition
a fraud
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sullen
 Definition
morose, sad
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stupor
 Definition
a condition in which the mind and senses are dulled
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debauch
 Definition
to lower in esteem
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badger
 Definition
to bother
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charnel
 Definition
a building used for dead bodies and bones
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amiable
 Definition
likeable
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deprecatory
 Definition
belittling
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lugubrious
 Definition
sad, mournful
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patronizing
 Definition
treating someone in a 'looking-down' manner
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condescension
 Definition
graciousness in doing things beneath one's dignity
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expletive
 Definition
an exclamation
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grotesque
 Definition
distorted in appearance
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celerity
 Definition
swiftness and speed
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stoical
 Definition
emotionless
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stentorian
 Definition
very loud
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portentous
 Definition
signifying that something bad is going to happen
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bombast
 Definition
grand pompous language with little meaning
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salinity
 Definition
the saltiness of something
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viscosity
 Definition
the resistance to something flowing freely
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paradoxical
 Definition
a statement that seems contradictory but is in fact true
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vivparous
 Definition
bearing live young
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burgeon
 Definition
to grow or develop rapidly
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decant
 Definition
to gently pour from one container to another
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reverberations
 Definition
a reechoing
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temerity
 Definition
foolish
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respite
 Definition
a delay
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indifferent
 Definition
neutral
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accouterments
 Definition
clothes or equipement
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melee
 Definition
a confused fight
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proximity
 Definition
nearness or closeness
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sward
 Definition
grass-covered soil
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tableau
 Definition
dramatic scene
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surrogate
 Definition
a substitute
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lupus
 Definition
a skin disease
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sententious
 Definition
pompous moralizing
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gratuitious
 Definition
unwarranted
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sibilant
 Definition
producing the sh sound or s
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hypnopedia
 Definition
sleep learning
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aperture
 Definition
an opening or space
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rudimentary
 Definition
fundamental
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maudlin
 Definition
drunk enough to be emotional funny
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surreptitious
 Definition
doing something secretiviely
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