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Chapter 3 Vocab Quiz
vocab quiz.
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English
11th Grade
03/07/2011

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Puerile
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adj: childish, juvenile, foolish
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Buffet
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v: to strike, hit, batter, beat, thrash repeatedly with an opened hand.

(can be physical or figurative beating.)
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Detritus
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n: debris

(can be used figuratively)
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Didactic
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adj: instructive, pedantic, intended to teach some more lesson.

(usually derogatory--Leah Rogoff)
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Craven
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n/adj: cowardly

(both a noun and an adjective)
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Trenchant
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adj: incisive, keen, effective.

(used figuratively to describe speech, thought or manner that discusses an issue.)
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Prevaricate
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v: to lie, equivocate
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Incipient
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adj: beginning, at an early stage
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Pithy
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adj: concise yet full of substance
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Rarefied
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adj: intended or understood only by a small group
(ex. inside joke)
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Sangfroid
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n: composure, self-possession under threatening circumstances
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Succor
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n: aid, assistance
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Acerbity
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n: sourness, acidity of taste or manner
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Bucolic
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adj: pastoral, rustic
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Calumny
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n: gossip in order to hurt another
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