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English 10 Set 4
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10th Grade
06/10/2013
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Inclement
 Definition
Unfavorable, stormy
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Peruse
 Definition
To read carefully
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Premonition
 Definition
Forewarning
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Desist
 Definition
Cease
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Recoil
 Definition
Draw back
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Pertinent
 Definition
To the point
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Mastiff
 Definition
Large dog
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Obsess
 Definition
To haunt, preoccupy
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Doleful
 Definition
Sad, melancholy
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Wan
 Definition
Sickly pale
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Histrionics
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Display of emotions
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Elusive
 Definition
Hard to grasp
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Frustrate
 Definition
Counteract, foil, thwart
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Symptomatic
 Definition
Having to do with signs or symptoms, indicative
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Interject
 Definition
Insert, interrupt
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Inert
 Definition
Without power to move
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Salient
 Definition
Outstanding, prominent
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Imminent
 Definition
Likely to happen, threatening
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Squeamish
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Easily shocked, over sensitive
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Engrossed
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Absorbed
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Inundate
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To flood
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Fruitless
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Useless
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Poignant
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Moving, painful to the feelings
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Garbled
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Confused, mixed up
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Sanguine
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Optimistic
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Phlegmatic
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Calm, hard to rouse to action
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Corroborate
 Definition
Confirm, support
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Comprehensive
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Thorough
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Zealous
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Enthusiastic
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Coerce
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To force
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Elapse
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To slip by
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Meticulous
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Careful
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Domicile
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Home
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Lax
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Careless, negligent
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Sporadic
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Occasional
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Rash (adj.)
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Too hasty, reckless
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Conjecture
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Guess
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Obviate
 Definition
Do away with, eliminate
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Lurid
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Sensational
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Quip
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Joke
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Diatribe
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Bitter criticism
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Inhibition
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Restraint
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Fortuitous
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Accidental
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Incoherent
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Disjointed
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Ilk
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Kind, sort
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Prestigious
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Illustrious
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Placard
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Poster
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Integral
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Essential
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Remuneration
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Reward, pay
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Nominal
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Slight
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Expunge
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Erase
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Flamboyant
 Definition
Showy, colorful
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Anathema
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Something greatly detested
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Schism
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Split
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Utopia
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Place of perfection
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Timorous
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Fearful
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Truncated
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Cut short
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Jaunty
 Definition
Sprightly, gay
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Fractious
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Quarrelsome
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Ostentatious
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Showy
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To pay the piper
 Definition
To bear the consequences (from the story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin)
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On the carpet
 Definition
Being scolded
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To show one's hands
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To reveal one's intensions
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To tilt at windmills
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To fight imaginary enemies (from Don Quixote)
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To feather one's nest
 Definition
Grow rich by taking advantage of circumstances
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Fair-weather friends
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Unreliable, they fail one in time of distress
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To sow one's wild oats
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To lead a wild, carefree life
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Windfall
 Definition
Unexpected financial gain
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To wear one's heart on one's sleeve
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To make one's feelings evident
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To wash dirty linen in public
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To openly discuss private affairs
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To save face
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To avoid disgrace
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Indian summer
 Definition
Warm autumn weather
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