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Crime and Punishment Vocab Part Two
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English
12th Grade
09/20/2012

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Admonish
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to reprimand
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Ardent
Definition
very enthusiastic; passionate
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Capricious
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guilded by or given to an unaccountable or whimsical change of mind
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Convivial
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friendly and lively 
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Derision
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contemptuous ridicule or mockery
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Entreaty
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earnest or emotional request
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Importunate
Definition
making persistent requests
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Incredulous
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unable or unwilling to believe something
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Insatiable
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Impossible to satisfy
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Paltry
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Very small
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Pensive
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Engaged in deep or serious thought
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Portent
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A sign or warning that something important or disastrous is likely to happen
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Provincial
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Relating to province;unsophisicated or narrow minded
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Reproach
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Express one's disapprovalor disappointment in someone
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Reticence
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not revealing one's thoughts or feeling readily 
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Supercillious
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behaving as though one thinks one is superior to other people
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Superfluous
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More than is needed; unnecessary
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Supplicate
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humbly ask or beg for something
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Surmise
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believe something to be true without having evidence 
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Winsom
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attractive or appealing in a fresh or innocent way
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