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English 1 Honors Midterm Vocabulary
Mrs. B's class
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English
9th Grade
12/17/2012
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Bewail
 Definition
to express deep regret or sorrow over
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Dote
 Definition
to show excessive fondess for
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Monetary 
 Definition
of or relating to money
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Wanton
 Definition
playful
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Pensive
 Definition
deep in thought
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Feckless
 Definition
careless or irresponsible
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Torrid
 Definition
burning with passion
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Recuperate
 Definition
to regain health or strength
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Extol 
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to praise highly
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Stilted 
 Definition
artificially formal in behavior
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Fraught
 Definition
full of or accompanied by
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Adage
 Definition
an old saying
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Array
 Definition
to dress up
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Encumber
 Definition
to burden
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Exhort
 Definition
to urge strongly
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Plumb
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to understand by examining closely
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Regale
 Definition
to entertain or delight
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Lament
 Definition
to feel or express grief
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Temporal 
 Definition
relating to the everday world
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Hubbub
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uproar
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Meander
 Definition
to wander aimlessly
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Inexplicable
 Definition
hard to explain
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Ubiquitous
 Definition
appearing to be present in large numbers
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Odoriferous
 Definition
having or giving off a smell
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Sustenance 
 Definition
food needed to live
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Maxim
 Definition
a short saying
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Sedentary
 Definition
doing or requiring a lot of sitting
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Flamboyant 
 Definition
excessively showy
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Extraneous
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Irrelevent 
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Vagabond
 Definition
person who wanders from place to place
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Array

(second meaning) 

 Definition
a large group of people or things
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Emancipate
 Definition
to liberate (free)
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Destitute 
 Definition
without resources or possessions 
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Allude
 Definition
to refer to in an indirect way
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Disseminate
 Definition
to scatter
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Impetus
 Definition
a driving force
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Contention 
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a conflict or struggle
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Insuperable 
 Definition
incapable of being overcome or defeated 
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Alacrity
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eagerness 
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Traverse 
 Definition
to pass over, across, or through 
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