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Autobiography of Ben Franklin Vocab
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39
English
9th Grade
10/25/2010
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accost
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v. to approach and speak to
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affable
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adj. pleasant and at ease
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approbation
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n. approval; recommendation
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felicity
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n. state of being happy; something that causes happiness
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fractious
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adj. unruly; quarrelsome
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frugality
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n. efficient use of resources
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impropriety
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n. unacceptable act or remark
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inducements
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n. considerations that lead to action
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providence
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n. divine guidance
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factotum
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n. person with many different activities or responsibilities
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pacific
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adj. peaceful
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pleurisy
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n. inflammation of the chest cavity lining
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sagacious
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adj. wise
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sanguine
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adj. confident; optimistic
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sensible
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adj. aware
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traduce
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v. to expose to shame; to malign
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altercation
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n. a noisy, angry argument
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arduous
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adj. difficult
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eradicate
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v. to do away with
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expeditiously
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adv. efficiently and speedily
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gratis
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adj. without charge; free
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incorrigible
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adj. incapable of being corrected; uncontrollable
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indefatigable
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adj. untiring
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multifarious
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adj. in great variety; diverse
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rectitude
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n. the state of being correct or proper
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superfluities
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n. excesses
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celerity
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n. rapidity
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comptroller
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n. public official who oversees government accounts and spending
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dissensions
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n. disagreements; quarrels
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precipitation
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n. haste
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remonstrate
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v. to speak or plead in protest
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rendezvous
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n. meeting at an appointed place and time
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reprobate
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v. to judge as unworthy
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chagrin
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v. to vex or distress by disappointment or humiliation
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espouse
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v. to support a cause
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intimate
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v. to suggest; to hint
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lading
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n. cargo or freight
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rancor
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n. bitter ill will
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recompenses
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n. payment given in return for goods or services rendered
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